Notable Firsts Flashcards
1
Q
The first wireless computer network
A
ALOHAnet
2
Q
First long-distance computer network
A
ARPANET
3
Q
The first commercially produced computer
A
BINAC
4
Q
The first graphical user interface-based word processor
A
Bravo
5
Q
The first timesharing system
A
CTSS
6
Q
The world’s first practical stored-program computer
A
EDSAC
7
Q
The first “killer app”
A
8
Q
The first commercial computer company
A
EMCC
9
Q
The first electronic, programmable general-purpose computer
A
ENIAC
10
Q
A
11
Q
The first widely used high-level programming language
A
FORTRAN
12
Q
The world’s first stored-program computer
A
Manchester Baby
13
Q
The first widely used graphical web browser
A
Mosaic
14
Q
First successful minicomputer
A
PDP-8
15
Q
Inventor of the World Wide Web and the first website (info.cern.ch)
A
Tim Berners-Lee
