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What is the model 650? A computer of the early 1960's with calculation speeds up to 10,000 per second. It was also smaller, then the average computer.
When companies changed the computers storage system what did they replace the punched cards with? Magnetic tape and high speed reel-to reel tape machines.
What does Fortran stand for? Formula Transmitter.
What does Cobol Stand for? Common business oriented language.
What did the cobol system do? It provided a language that could be used on all computers.
What does ABC stand for? Atanasoff-Berry Computer
What does ENIAC stand for? Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator
What does EDVAC stand for? Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
What does EDSAC stand for? Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
What is a disadvantage of a first generation computer? Vacuum tubes
What is IC? silicon wafers with intricate circuits etched into their surfaces and coated with a metallic oxide that fills in the etched circuit patters.
One IC could replace _________transistors ? 100
What's a mainframe? This is a large computer system that is usually used for multi-user application
Who invented the microprossor? Marcian Hoff
Who was founder of Microsoft? Bill Gates.
The stored program was also known as the? universal machine
What replaced a hundred transistors intergrated chip
What was one mainframe? IBM System 360
Who was responsible for the microprossor Marciam Hoff
What was used to communicate with mainframes? `Terminals.
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