Question | Answer |
Who gave the "Mother of All Demos" video conference that showed off computers as tools for communication | Doug Englebart |
What new things were shown during the "Mother of All Demos"? | The mouse, desktop publishing, e-mail, video conferencing, and hypertext |
Who watched the "Mother of All Demos" video conference and made the Alto Personal Computer for their company? | Xerox engineers |
What was the 4th generation of computer electronics? | The microprocessor |
What was special about the microprocessor? | It combined the function of many integrated circuits onto one chip of silicon |
What company first made a commercially successful personal computer? | Apple Computer |
Who founded Apple Computer? | Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak |
What company followed up Apple in making a successful personal computer? | IBM |
What operating system (OS) did IBM-PCs eventually use? | MS-DOS |
What company made MS-DOS? | Microsoft |
Who started Microsoft? | Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
Which company sold the first operating system with a GUI (graphic user interface), based on using a mouse? | Apple Computer |
What was the first commercially successful personal computer (in 1984) to have a GUI? | The Apple Macintosh |
What was Microsoft’s response to the Macintosh with its GUI? | Windows |
What was the first successful computer with a finger touch–based input? | The iPod and iPhone |
What was the 5th generation of computer electronics? | The multicore processor |
What was special about the multicore processor? | It combined the functions of multiple microprocessors onto one chip of silicon |
What is a GUI? | A Graphical User Interface is a system that lets a user control a device by using a pointing device with pictures on a screen. |