12 Questions
Which of the following devices was the first electronic digital computer?
Atanasoff-Berry-Computer (ABC)
Who developed the hypothetical Turing machine, which would be designed to perform logical operations and could read and write?
Alan Turing
What was the first computer designed and sold commercially, specifically for business data-processing applications?
UNIVAC I
Who invented the transistor in 1947?
William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain
What was the first stored-program computer, built by Maurice V. Wilkes?
EDSAC
What was the first counting device?
The abacus
Who developed the first integrated circuit, or chip, in 1959?
Jack St. Clair Kilby and Robert Noyce
Who invented the first mechanical digital calculator using gears?
Blaise Pascal
Who used punch cards to automate a weaving loom?
Joseph Marie Jacquard
What did Charles P. Babbage design to perform repeated calculations automatically?
The difference engine
Who suggested using a binary system for storage instead of a decimal system?
Augusta Ada Byron
Who introduced the first electromechanical, punched-card data-processing machine used for the 1890 U.S. census?
Dr. Herman Hollerith
Explore the historical development of mechanical counting devices and calculators, starting with the abacus and leading to Blaise Pascal's invention of the Pascaline in 1642. Learn about the evolution of early digital calculators and their significance in the history of computing.
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