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| What was the ABC? | One of the first generation computers, Atanasoff- Berry Computer and one of the first electronic computers.
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| How many generations were there? | Four generations.
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| Programming languages were part of the second generation, what are some examples? | FORTRAN, COBOL, and BASIC.
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| What is a microcomputer? | It fits on a desktop and is also called a PC or personal computer.
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| Who was the founder of Microsoft? | Bill Gates
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| Punched cards were replaced by magnetic tape in which generation and what did it do? | The second generation and the tape could read and write or acess and store data quickly and reliably.
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| All computers today have was two parts that first generation computers had? | The program which was a list of instructions in a special language and the CPU or central processing unit.
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| Who designed and built the first Apple computer? | Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs.
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| IC is what? | An integrated circuit which is a silicon wafer with intricate circuits and metallic oxide fills in the holes.
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| The first medium sized computer that was expensive but could handle a flood of paperwork was? | The Model 650 of the second generation.
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| ENIAC stands for? | Electronic Numerical Integration and Calculator which calculated the trajectory of artillery shells.
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| What computer was smaller, less expensive, and calculated up to 10,000 calculations per second? | The Transistor.
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| The Mainframe was what? | It was a large computer system that had multi-user applications and communicated with terminals.
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| FORTRAN stands for? | FORmula TRANslator and it had intuitive commands to read and write.
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| The IBM 360 was? | The first computer to use integrated circuits and was very popular among businesses.
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| The Stored Program Computer was also called? | The Universal Machine.
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| Disadvantages of first generation computer were? | Large vacuum tubes and they were very expensive.
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| What is the Binary Number System? | 0's and 1's in patterns.
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| BASIC eventually evolved into what? | Visual Basic.
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| The first PC was named? | Altair.
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