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| Developed in the 500 BC's...used for calculating |
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| Herman developed the tabulating machine 1890..which was used by the US Census..Then he started the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896 |
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| What did Joseph Marie-Jacquard do? |
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| In 1801 started using the punch looms |
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| He developed the Differential Analyzer |
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| What was the Diffenetial Analyzer used for? |
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| It was used to calulate equations used for the creation of ballistic tables |
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| When was the Differentail Analyzer developed? |
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| When was the first digital computer developed? |
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| What is the name of the first digital computer |
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| What was the first computer to have a computer bug |
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| Who was the first to use the term bug and what was it used to describe |
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| Edison, it was used to identify glitches and technical problems in experiments |
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| What was the first computer to have cerified stored-program memory? |
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| When was the EDSAC developed? |
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| When was the first commercial computer released? |
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| What computer was released in 1951? |
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| When was the first transistor developed? |
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| When was the first transistor used in a computer? |
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| When was the first microprocessor developed and by whom |
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| C Code was developed by Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs |
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| What is the name of the primary code that is used today and when was it developed |
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| The code that is associated with an English charactor |
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| How many bits make a Byte? |
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| How many bits make a Nibble? |
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| What is the difference between a mainframe and personal computer? |
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| A mainframe supports many users and personal computer supports single user |
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| What is the name of the first personal computer and when was it developed? |
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| What is a serial connection? |
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| A single wire to transmit data individually by bit |
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| What is a paralll connection? |
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| Enlists multiple wires, enabling the transmissionof more than one bit at a given time |
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| Memory containing prerecorded data |
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| Memory that can be accessed randomly data |
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| A group of integrated circuits that controls motherboard function |
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| What is a Clock Speed? How is it measured in? |
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| The speed at which info travels on the bus. It is measured in Hertz. |
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| The main circuit board of a PC |
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| What is known as the brains of the computer? |
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| Bypasses the PCI to the main memory of the computer |
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| What is a expansion card? |
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| A circuit board that can be inserted into a computer for additional utility |
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| What is a operating system? |
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| It is the computer's tool box and the software plateform for other applications to run within |
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| When was the Apple 1 developed? |
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| When was the Apple II developed? |
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| 1977..had killer applications |
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| A large machine that can perform high number of instructions per second |
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| A powerful single user computer, it has more processing than a PC |
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