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Computer Fundamentals: What is a Computer

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What does a computer do?

Accepts input and generates the desire outputs (correct)

Uses electronic circuits and cables

Performs complex calculations like a calculator

Processes data into useful information

What is hardware in a computer system?

All physical devices that the computer is made of (correct)

Instructions that tell the hardware how to perform a task

Data massaged into a useful form

Individual facts like first name, price, and quantity order

Which term describes the instructions that tell the hardware how to perform a task?

Information

Data

Software (correct)

Hardware

What is an Abacus?

A device used to teach children to count (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, where was the Abacus used extensively?

China and Japan (B) Signup and view all the answers

What does data become when it is massaged into a useful form?

Information (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who developed a system of multiplication and division using addition and subtraction?

John Napier (D) Signup and view all the answers

What did John Napier develop in 1617 as a simple calculation tool?

Napier’s Bones (B) Signup and view all the answers

What significant development did Blaise Pascal make in the seventeenth century?

Machine calculator (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who developed a better calculator that could perform multiplication and division as well?

Gottfried Leibnitz (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which significant development in computing is considered a milestone signifying the start of the computer age?

Analytical engine (D) Signup and view all the answers

What input system was initially developed by Joseph Jacquard as a means of automating weaving?

System of punch cards (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who used the input system of punch cards to automate weaving in his tabulating machine?

Herman Hollerith (C) Signup and view all the answers

What company did Herman Hollerith's company ultimately become?

International Business Machines (IBM) (A) Signup and view all the answers