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generation notes computer basics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first electronic computer called? | The ABC computer. (Atanasoff Berry-Computer) |
| What does ENAIC stand for? | Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator |
| What computer replaced vacuum tubes with magnetic tape? | The model 650 |
| What are the three high level programming languages called? | FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC |
| When was the transistor created? | 1947 |
| Invented in 1961, what could replace hundreds of transistors? | Integrated Circuits |
| Who invented the Integrated Circuit? | Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce |
| What is a mainframe? | This is a large computer system that is usually used for multi-user applications |
| What was the IBM 360? | One of the first computers to use a mainframe, it was popular among business, smaller size, and less expensive. |
| who invented the microprocessor? | Marcian Hoff |
| When was the microprocessor invented? | 1970 |
| When was the first microcomputer built? And what was called? | 1975, Altair |
| Who designed the first Apple computer? | Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs |
| Which first generation computer started out as a military project? | ENAIC |
| what is a CPU? | Central Processing Unit |
| Who built the UNIVAC? | John Maulchy and J. Presper Eckert |
| What was the "Universal Machine"? | The stored program computer |
| What was the Integrated chip also known as? | the chip |
| Who invented the vacuum tube? | William DeForest |
| How many calculaions per second could the Second Generation computer do? | 10,000 |
| what were some characteristics of the ENAIC? | they were small and contained vacuum tubes |
| What did the stored program eliminate? | The manual process of switching the wires? |
| Where did the stored program computer store computer instructions? | CPU |
| What does PC stand for? | Personal Computer |
| Who designed COBOL? | Grace Murray Hopper |
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dyllancb502
on 2010-02-03