10 Questions
Match the following computers with their primary purpose:
ENIAC = Calculating trajectory tables of newly developed weapons Colossus = Breaking German code messages during World War II ABC = General-purpose computing EDVAC = Weather prediction
Match the following individuals with their contributions:
Konrad Zuse = Creating sophisticated calculators Alan Turing = Designing the Colossus J.P.Eckert = Inventing the EDVAC Atanasoff = Developing the first electronic computer
Match the following computers with their innovations:
ENIAC = Storing data and being programmable by wiring EDVAC = Using vacuum tubes ABC = Storing instructions as well as data Colossus = Using transistors
Match the following periods with their corresponding events:
1930s = Creation of sophisticated calculators by Konrad Zuse 1943 = Building of computers for the German army by Konrad Zuse 1945 = Completion of the ENIAC 1950s = Replacement of vacuum tubes with transistors
Match the following computers with their characteristics:
ENIAC = Weighed 80 tons and used 1,800 square feet of floor space Colossus = Exclusively used for breaking German code messages ABC = First electronic computer using vacuum tubes EDVAC = Capable of storing instructions as well as data
Match the following individuals with their contributions to the development of computers:
Charles Babbage = Breaking complicated calculations down into small operations and the first attempt at programming Herman Hollerith = Bridging the gap between the mechanical era and the new age of electronic computers George Boole = Defining the binary system used by all future computers J.V. Atanasoff = Designing the first all-electronic computer using Boolean algebra
Match the following components with their characteristics:
Vacuum tubes = About a thousand times faster than mechanical switches Transistors = Smaller and replaced vacuum tubes in the 1950s Electromechanical relays = Used in mechanical switches Boolean algebra = Used in designing the first all-electronic computer
Match the following inventions with their purposes:
Electronic calculator = Performing specific calculations Electronic computer = Performing general-purpose calculations Mechanical switches = Used in early computers Binary system = Stating mathematical calculations as true or false
Match the following events with their corresponding decades:
Design of the first all-electronic computer = 1940s Replacement of vacuum tubes with transistors = 1950s Work of Charles Babbage = 19th century Breakthroughs in calculator development = Multiple decades
Match the following with their relationships:
Charles Babbage and Herman Hollerith = Paved the way for further progress J.V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry = Designed the first all-electronic computer together George Boole and Boolean algebra = Defined the binary system Calculator and computer development = Breakthroughs in one preceded breakthroughs in the other
Learn about the pioneers of computer development, including Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, and the creators of ENIAC. Discover how military purposes drove the innovation of early computers.
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