History Of IT

Question 1

What was one of the first ever stored programs that became operational in 1948?

Answer 1

Manchester Mark I

Question 2

What company sold 450 of its first mass produced computer in one year in 1954?

Answer 2

IBM

Question 3

In 1956, what was introduced to replace punched cards and paper tape input?

Answer 3

Direct keyboard input

Question 4

In 1958 what large scale communication network connected 23 computer sites in the US and Canada to detect and destroy Soviet bombers?

Answer 4

SAGE

Question 5

In 1960 what computer system that inspired first computer video game Space War I retailed for around 120,000?

Answer 5

DEC-PDP 1

Question 6

In 1968, Data General introduced what microcomputer chip and how much memory did it have?

Answer 6

Nova, 32 kb memory

Question 7

In 1971 Intel introduced what that could address 64 JB?

Answer 7

The 8080 microprocessor

Question 8

In 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs ordered 50 assembled systems of what?

Answer 8

Apple-1

Question 9

In 1977 what was sold with keyboard, case, manual game paddles and cassette tape containing the game Breakout?

Answer 9

Apple II

Question 10

In 1978, who launches Model 400 and Model 800 computers using the marketing slogan “computers for People”

Answer 10

Atari

Question 11

In 1981 what Microsoft operating system became the most licensed operating system?

Answer 11

MS-DOS

Question 12

In 1981, what did Sony introduce?

Answer 12

The 3 1/2 inch floppy drive and diskettes

Question 13

In 1981, what company launches a PC with Intel 8088 microprocessor and MS-DOS operating system?

Answer 13

IBM

Question 14

In 1982-1983 what was developed by Philips that was able to hold 550 mb of prerecorded data?

Answer 14

CD Roms

Question 15

In 1984 what did Apple launch with the first successful mouse-driven computer with a GUI and a 6800 microprocessor?

Answer 15

MacIntosh

Question 16

In 1984. who released a portable computer that could run the same software as the IBM PC?

Answer 16

Compaq

Question 17

In 1986, Compaq introduced the first computer to use what 32 bit microprocessor?

Answer 17

Intel 80386 chip

Question 18

In 1990-1991, who invented the World Wide Web at CERN in Switzerland?

Answer 18

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 19

In 1990-1991, Microsoft delivers what that provided the ability to run multiple programs simultaneously on the Intel 80386 chip?

Answer 19

Windows 3.0

Question 20

In 1992, what created a set of standards for digital images?

Answer 20

JPEG( Joint Photographic Expert Group)

Question 21

In 1993, what first popular browser was created?

Answer 21

Mosaic

Question 22

In 1994 Compact Flash memory is introduced by who?

Answer 22

ScanDisk

Question 23

In 1994, Sony released what?

Answer 23

Playstation

Question 24

In 1997, what did IBMs computer do?

Answer 24

Defeat a world champion chess player

Question 25

What became the norm in the late 90s aided by mobile devices like Blackberry and Nokia 6110?

Answer 25

Text messaging

Question 26

In 2000, what two things were first introduced?

Answer 26

Camera phone and Flash Drive

Question 27

In 2000, what did Honda introduce?

Answer 27

The first humanoid robot ASIMO

Question 28

In 2006, what rental cloud based service was launched?

Answer 28

AWS

Question 29

In 2007, what two things were released by Amazon and Apple?

Answer 29

Amazon Kindle and IPhone

Question 30

In 2010, what two things did Apple release?

Answer 30

IPAD and Apple Retina display

Question 31

In 2011 what two subscriptions services were announced?

Answer 31

Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office 365

Question 32

In 2012 what smalll, single board computer was released as a tool to promote science ed?

Answer 32

Raspberry PC

Question 33

In 2014 what did Apple introduce into their ecosystem?

Answer 33

Apple Pay mobile payment

Question 34

In 2015, what was released that incorporated Apple IOS with sensors for environmental and health monitoring?

Answer 34

Apple Watch

Question 35

In 2019 Oculus released what with a 2560 x 1440 LCD and one more camera facing upward?

Answer 35

Oculus Rift S

Question 36

What was one of the earliest computing devices that was probably first used in China which consisted of strings on rods and was used to carry out calculations?

Answer 36

Abacus

Question 37

What computing system emerged between the Middle Ages and the modern era that used gears For input and output of data?

Answer 37

The Leibniz Machine

Question 38

What was never constructed but was designed to read instructions in the form of holes on paper cards which would be programmable?

Answer 38

Babbage’s Analytical Engine

Question 39

Who is considered the world’s first programmer?

Answer 39

Ada Lovelace

Question 40

What machine developed at Penn State was a fully electronic machine?

Answer 40

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)

Question 41

Processing power blanks every two years.

Answer 41

Doubles

Question 42

Wozniak and Jobs built the first viable what in 1976

Answer 42

Home computer

Question 43

First-generation computers used what for circuitry and what for memory?

Answer 43

Vacuum tubes Magnetic drums

Question 44

The first generation of computers relied on what to run one program at a time

Answer 44

Machine languages

Question 45

What did the first generation of computers use for input and outputs?

Answer 45

Punch cards Print outs

Question 46

What replaced vacuum tubes in the second generation of computers?

Answer 46

Transistors

Question 47

What did the second generation of computers use for input and output?

Answer 47

Punch cards Printouts

Question 48

What were used for storage in the second generation of computers?

Answer 48

Tapes and disks

Question 49

Over 100 what were developed to work with second generation computers?

Answer 49

Computer programming languages

Question 50

What replaced machine language in the second generation of computers that specified instructions using words?

Answer 50

Assembly languages

Question 51

Name two high-level programming languages developed for the second generation of computers

Answer 51

FORTRAN (formula translation) COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)

Question 52

The invention of what enabled the development of the third generation of computers that were cheaper m, faster, and smaller than their predecessors

Answer 52

Integrated circuits

Question 53

Integrated circuits miniaturized transistors and placed them on silicon chips called what?

Answer 53

Semiconductors

Question 54

Blank made it possible for computers to run multiple applications at the same time and to share memory and other resources?

Answer 54

Operating Systems

Question 55

In the third generation of computers, computational time was reduced from milliseconds to what?

Answer 55

Nanoseconds

Question 56

Fourth generation computers included what that were thousands of integrated circuits on a single silicon chip?

Answer 56

Microprocessors

Question 57

In 1971 what chip included all the components of the computer on a single chip?

Answer 57

Intel 4004

Question 58

The fourth generation of computers saw the development of what three things?

Answer 58

Graphical Users Interfaces (GUIs) The mouse Handheld devices

Question 59

The fifth generation of computers started in the 1980s when microprocessors were able to accommodate tens of millions of electronic components using what?

Answer 59

Ultra-Large-Scale Integration (ULSI)

Question 60

Fifth generation computers use what two things to support new technological developments?

Answer 60

Parallel Processing Artificial Intelligence software

Question 61

Fifth generation computers will be able to respond natural language and will be capable of what?

Answer 61

Learning

Question 62

What is the study of non-classical model of computation, said to be more efficient than modern computing through the use of quantum tunneling?

Answer 62

Quantum computing

Question 63

What involves the use of nanoscale tools and nonbiological processes to build structures, devices and systems at the molecular level?

Answer 63

Nanotechnology