12 Questions
Which of the following was the first mechanical computer?
Difference Engine
Who is credited with suggesting the use of the binary system in computers?
Augusta Ada Byron
When was the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) developed?
1943
Who invented the Abacus, a mechanical device for performing mathematical calculations?
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
Which invention is considered the first printing calculator?
Scheutzian Calculation Engine
Where was the Z1, the first programmable computer, created?
Germany
Who developed the first electronic general purpose computer?
John Presper Eckert
Which computer system was the first commercial computer?
UNIVAC 1
Which language was developed during the appearance of IBM 704?
FORTRAN
Which generation of computers was characterized by the use of vacuum tubes?
First generation
Who designed and built Apple I and Apple II in 1976-1977?
Steve Wozniak
When was the Macintosh 128 introduced?
1984
Test your knowledge on the evolution of computers from the Abacus in Babylonia in 500 B.C. to Blaise Pascal's Pascaline and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Stepped Reckoner. Explore the development of early mechanical devices for mathematical calculations.
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