7 Questions
Who is credited as the father of the punched card?
Herman Hollerith
What is the significance of Jacquard loom?
A weaving machine used punched cards
Who invented the first electro-mechanical computer MARK-1?
John W Mauchly
Which person introduced the idea of binary calculation with the Z1 computer?
Z1
What was the first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations?
ENIAC
Who contributed the idea of a stored program concept according to SBI Clerk 2008?
John Neumann
Which of the following devices was used in the first generation computer?
Integrated circuit
Study Notes
Computer Fundamentals
- The word "Computer" comes from the word "compute", which means to calculate.
- A computer is an electronic device that operates under the control of instructions, accepting and processing data, producing output, and storing results for future use.
- IBM (International Business Machine) provided software for PCs.
- The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by Intel.
- Charles Babbage is considered the father of the computer.
- A Personal Computer is a type of microcomputer.
IBM and Its History
- IBM stands for International Business Machine.
- IBM was provided software for PCs by Microsoft.
Computer Hardware and Software
- Any component of a computer that you can see and touch is referred to as hardware.
- Non-physical components of the computer are referred to as software.
- Computer gathers data, which means they allow users to input data.
- Processed data is retrieved from a computer with the help of an output device.
Data Storage and Processing
- A computer uses the binary number system to store data and perform calculations.
- Information on a computer is stored as digital data.
- The smallest unit of information that a computer can understand and process is known as a bit.
Computer History and Development
- Abacus was developed by the Chinese, and it is also known as Suanpan in Japan.
- Napier's Bones performs addition and subtraction.
- Rabdologia was the technology used for calculation purposes introduced in 1617.
- Slide rule was developed in 1620 and is also known as Slipstick in the United States.
- Antikythera mechanism was mainly used to perform astronomical calculations.
- Pascaline is also known as a mechanical machine or adding machine.
- Ada Byron is considered the first computer programmer in the history of computing.
- Charles Babbage conceived the Analytical Engine, which was the first computer.
- Herman Hollerith is the father of punched cards.
- Jacquard loom is a weaving machine used punched cards.
- The first electro-mechanical computer MARK-1 was invented by Howard Aiken.
- ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations.
- UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is a type of computer.
- The person contributing the idea of stored program was John Neumann.
- ENIAC was the first fully electronic computer in the world.
- Vacuum tubes were used in the first generation computer.
Test your knowledge on computer basics with this quiz. Questions cover topics such as the origin of the word 'computer', companies providing software for PCs, the first microprocessor, and the father of computer science.
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