Computers have been ruling the scene of human development ever since the 1960s. Man has always looked to ease the burden of computation from time immemorial. Right from the time of inventing the cord with knots to count sheep, man has come with ingenuous ways to get help from devices.
How much do you know about the fundamentals of Computers? Here’s a short quiz to help you find out. Read the questions below and click on the cards to flip and reveal the answer. Good luck and enjoy the quiz.
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What do you call software specifically created to control or maintain operations of the computer and its devices?
Click to FlipSystem Software
Expand ALU in computer parlance
Click to FlipArithmetic and Logic Unit
What simple device is acknowledged as the earliest calculating device?
Click to FlipAbacus - Chinese Counting beads
What multiplication tool was invented by Scottish Mathematician John Napier?
Click to FlipNapier's Bones
The rotating wheel calculator is widely regarded as the first mechanical calculator to be invented. Who invented it?
Click to FlipBlaise Pascal - The machine is also called Pascaline
What invention of Joseph Mary Jacquard is regarded as the first 'Read Only Memory'?
Click to FlipPower Loom Calculator
The Difference Engine and Analytical Engine were both invented by a man regarded as the 'Father of Computers'. Who are we referring to?
Click to FlipCharles Babbage
What is Ada Lovelace, regarded the first programmer, famous for in the field of computers?
Click to FlipInvention of Algorithms
What was the machine invented by the founder of IBM, Herman Hollerith that was used to aid the census of USA?
Click to FlipHollerith Tabulating Machine
What did ENIAC, the world’s first electric computer use as its processing unit?
Click to FlipVacuum Tubes
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