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Test your computing history knowledge

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Test your computing history knowledge

by Thamar Morinigo
1

Who built the Mark I computing machine completed in 1944 at Harvard?

2

What was UNIVAC, described between 1951–1958, known for?

3

Which device is described as a simple mechanical tool for performing multiplication and division in early computing history?

4

The term 'Abacus' is cited as an early instrument to facilitate operations. True or false?

5

Which generation of computers is associated with the use of transistors and the 1959–1964 era?

6

What does the term 'hardware' broadly refer to in computing?

7

Which era introduced operating systems independent of the machine and distributed networking?

8

What is the role of peripheral devices in a computer system?

9

Which component is described as the central processing unit where logical operations are executed?

10

Which invention is associated with enabling early electronic calculation via a tabulating machine in business data processing?

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Howard Aiken led the Mark I project at Harvard in 1944.

UNIVAC was the large commercial computer developed by Eckert and Mauchly during the early 1950s.

Napier’s rods were a simple mechanical device for rapid arithmetic.

The document mentions the abacus as a primer instrument to facilitate calculations.

The transistor-based era of 1959–1964 marks the second generation of computers.

Hardware denotes the physical components of a computer system.

The software generation 1971–1981 saw OS independence and networked/distributed systems.

Peripherals include input, output, and mixed devices enabling data exchange with the system.

The Processing Unit (CPU) is where logical operations are interpreted and executed.

Hollerith’s tabulating machine was an early electromechanical calculator used for tabulation.

 
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