History

Question 1

What is the Manchester Mark-1

Answer 1

The first ever stored program computers.

Question 2

What was the IBM Model 650

Answer 2

The first mass-produced computers

Question 3

When was the first microprocessor released and how many oeprations could it do every second?

Answer 3

1971 and 90,000 operations a second.

Question 4

Who invented the World Wide Web?

Answer 4

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 5

WWhen was the World Wide Web made publicly available?

Answer 5

1991

Question 6

What was the Colossus?

Answer 6

A machine/computer built in England to decode German messages during the latter part of WW2

Question 7

What are/were mainframes

Answer 7

Some of the first computers which occupied the size of a room, consumed a lot of power nad created a lot of heat. They were pretty unreliable.

Question 8

What years were Vacuum Tubes used?

Answer 8

1946–1959

Question 9

What did first generation computers use for circuitry and memory?

Answer 9

They used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drinks for memory what generation of computers?

Question 10

What technology did transistors replace?

Answer 10

Vacuum tubes replaced what?

Question 11

What years were Transistors used?

Answer 11

1959–1965

Question 12

What states could transistors maintain? How were they represented?

Answer 12

Off and On; Represented as 0 and 1.

Question 13

What did second-generation computers rely on for input?

Answer 13

printouts, still

Question 14

What was used for storage in second generation computers?

Answer 14

tapes and disks

Question 15

What generation was the UNIVAC 1108 a part of?

Answer 15

Second-Generation

Question 16

What were the first computers of the second generation of computers built for?

Answer 16

Atomic energy industry?

Question 17

How many computer programming languages were invented to work with second generation computers?

Answer 17

over 100

Question 18

Name two early high-level programming languages?

Answer 18

FORTRAN and COBOL

Question 19

What is FORTRAN

Answer 19

early high-level computer programming language

Question 20

What is COBOL?

Answer 20

COmmon Buisness-Oriented Language

Question 21

What technology did integrated circuits replace?

Answer 21

Transistors. They miniaturized them.

Question 22

What input devices did third generation computers use?

Answer 22

Keyboards and monitors

Question 23

What generation of computers did it become possible to run multiple programs at the same time?

Answer 23

Third generation of computers

Question 24

What was the computational time in third generation computers?

Answer 24

nanoseconds

Question 25

What did integrated circuits do for computers?

Answer 25

they increased computing power

Question 26

What was the technology used in fourth-generation computers and what years was it used from?

Answer 26

Microprocessors and 1971—Present)

Question 27

What is the fourth generation of computers characterized by?

Answer 27

A significant reduction in processor size (microprocessors) and a significant increase in capabilities.

Question 28

What are computer generations defined by?

Answer 28

Major technological developments that fundamentally changed the way computers operated.

Question 29

How fast could first generation computers compute?

Answer 29

Computed in milliseconds

Question 30

Why were second generation computers less prone to crashing?

Answer 30

Because the transistors generated less heat than vacuum tubes which made overheating less of a concern. This translated to components lasting longer and the system crashed less often

Question 31

What four innovations in technology are used to define the four generations of computers?

Answer 31

1. Vacuum Tubes 2. Transistors 3. Integrated Circuits 4. Microprocessors

Question 32

What technology will define the fifth generation of computers?

Answer 32

Artificial Intelligence

Question 33

When did the fifth generation of computers first emerge?

Answer 33

1980’s

Question 34

Which computer generation used vacuum tubes?

Answer 34

First

Question 35

Which generation of computers used transistors?

Answer 35

Second generation

Question 36

Which generation used trapped and disks for storage?

Answer 36

Second generation

Question 37

FORTRAN AND COBOL were created for which computer generation?

Answer 37

Second generation

Question 38

Which computer generation used integrated circuits?

Answer 38

Third generation

Question 39

Keyboard and mouses were introduced during which computer generation?

Answer 39

Third

Question 40

Which generation of computers could first run multiple programs at the same time?

Answer 40

Third

Question 41

Which generation of computers uses microprocessor?

Answer 41

Fourth