History of Calculating Machines Quiz

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Who is credited with inventing logarithms?

John Napier (correct)

Edmund Gunter

Wilhelm Schickard

William Oughtred

Who is considered the inventor of the slide rule?

William Oughtred (correct)

Edmund Gunter

Wilhelm Schickard

John Napier

Who is known for building the first mechanical calculator called 'calculating clock'?

Wilhelm Schickard (correct)

Charles Babbage

Blaise Pascal

Joseph-Marie Jacquard

Who is often credited with writing the world's first computer program?

Augusta Ada Byron Signup and view all the answers

Who developed a mechanical tabulator based on punched cards for the US Census in 1890?

Herman Hollerith Signup and view all the answers

Who completed the first general purpose programmable calculator in 1941?

Konrad Zuse Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the first programmable computer?

Alan Turing Signup and view all the answers

Who designed the MARK series of computers at Harvard University?

Howard Aiken Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the phrase 'bug' to refer to an error in a program?

Grace Hopper Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the ENIAC, the first programmable electronic digital computer?

John Mauchly Signup and view all the answers

Who developed the cathode ray tube used to electronically store binary data called 'William-Kilburn tube'?

Tom Kilburn Signup and view all the answers

Who invented the 'transistor' at Bell Labs?

Robert Noyce Signup and view all the answers

Who produced the first 'integrated circuit'?

Jack Kilby Signup and view all the answers

Who invented and patented the first computer mouse in the 1960s?

Douglas Engelbart Signup and view all the answers

Who founded the Microsoft Corporation?

Bill Gates & Paul Allen Signup and view all the answers

Who founded the Apple computers?

Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs Signup and view all the answers