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History of Computer Hardware Quiz

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Who is credited with inventing the first mechanical adding machine?

  • Blaise Pascal (correct)
  • Joseph Jacquard
  • Charles Babbage
  • Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
  • Which invention made profound changes in the history of industrialization and computing?

  • The UNIVAC I
  • The mechanical loom (correct)
  • The abacus
  • The Analytical Engine
  • Which was the first electronic digital computer?

  • The UNIVAC I
  • ENIAC (correct)
  • The Analytical Engine
  • Blaise Pascal's adding machine
  • Who foresaw a machine that could perform all mathematical calculations, store values in its memory, and perform logical comparisons among values?

    <p>Charles Babbage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year was the UNIVAC I manufactured?

    <p>1950</p> Signup and view all the answers

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