10 Questions
Who is credited with inventing the first programmable computer?
Konrad Zuse
Which computer system was the first electronic general-purpose computer?
ENIAC
What was the significance of IBM 704 during 1957-1959?
The Fortran language was developed on it
Who were the individuals behind the design of UNIVAC 1?
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly
Which programming language was NOT developed during the period of 1958-1962?
MS-DOS
Who invented the first programmable computer known as the Jacquard loom?
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
Which inventor suggested using the binary system to Charles Babbage for the Analytical Engine?
Ada Lovelace
What was the limitation of the Pascaline, invented by Blaise Pascal?
It could only perform addition and subtraction
Who invented the Stepped Reckoner, a machine that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide automatically?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
What is the difference between the Analytical Engine and the Scheutzian Calculation Engine?
The Analytical Engine was based on the Difference Engine while the Scheutzian Calculation Engine was based on the Stepped Reckoner.
Explore the evolution of computing devices from ancient tools like the Abacus to early mechanical calculators like Pascaline and Stepped Reckoner. Learn about the inventors and limitations of these early devices.
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