History of Computing
Learn about the history of computing from the early days of mechanical computing devices to the modern day.
1. What did Charles Babbage invent?
Hollerith Desk
Slide Rule
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
2. What was the purpose of Hollerith Desk?
To help with the census of 1890 in America.
To solve problems that involved multiplications and divisions.
To store data and programs over the Internet instead of computer's hard drive.
To provide voice recognition and understand natural languages.
3. Who built the Mark-I digital computer?
Howard Aiken
William Oughtred
Charles Babbage
Herman Hollerith
4. What does High Performance Computing (HPC) do?
Uses parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, reliably and fast.
Stores and access data over the Internet instead of computer's hard drive.
Equals human intelligence or even beyond that.
Transforms computer into intelligent machine having thinking power.
5. What is Cloud Computing?
Uses parallel processing for running advanced application programs efficiently, reliably and fast.
Stores and access data over the Internet instead of computer's hard drive.
Equals human intelligence or even beyond that.
Transforms computer into intelligent machine having thinking power.
6. How long was Mark-I digital computer?
50 feet long, 8 feet high and weighed about 5 tons.
50 miles long, 8 miles high and weighed about 5 tons.
500 feet long, 80 feet high and weighed about 50 tons.
5000 feet long, 800 feet high and weighed about 500 tons.
7. What is 'The father of modern digital computers'?
Howard Aiken
William Oughtred
Charles Babbage
Herman Hollerith
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