12 Questions
What agency created work opportunities in computing for the unemployed during the Great Depression?
The WPA
What group of individuals were at the top of the computing office's structure during the Great Depression computing era?
Scientists
What groundbreaking electronic machine were six women trained to program in 1945?
ENIAC
Mechanical computers can be either analog or digital. Which mechanism do analog mechanical computers use for computations?
Curved plates
What type of instruments provided computed output through displacements of indicator surfaces in early spacecraft?
Mechanical flight instruments
Which mechanical device was used as the basis for complex bombsights and ship computation devices during World War II?
Mechanical computers
What is the definition of a computer in the context of the text?
An electronic machine that performs mathematical and logical calculations
Who performed the calculations related to Halley's comet in 1759?
Alexis-Claude Clairaut
What was the result of the calculations related to Halley's comet by Clairaut and colleagues?
The result was accurate
How did human computing progress during the industrial revolution?
It accelerated with new strategies like Mass Production and Division of Labor
What was a key characteristic of human computing during the industrial revolution?
It involved basic math skills and division of complex calculations into simpler parts
What best describes the role of human computers in the past?
They collaborated to perform complex computations before the era of electronic computers
Explore the historical transition from human computers to electronic machines performing mathematical and logical calculations. From Isaac Newton's work to the International Space Station, discover the evolution towards more efficient and accurate computations.
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