History of Computing Innovations
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In which year was the first home computer released?

  • 1976
  • 1982
  • 1968
  • 1970 (correct)

When did Microsoft officially found?

  • 1990
  • 1968
  • 1977 (correct)
  • 1986

Which year saw the release of Word Star, the most popular word processing program at the time?

  • 1989
  • 1971
  • 1978 (correct)
  • 1985

When did Intel introduce the i486 chip?

<p>1990 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was the first PDA, APPLE NEWTON, introduced?

<p>1993 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year was the DVD players made available in the US?

<p>1998 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the year 2000 bug (Y2K) happen?

<p>2000 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year did Mark Zuckerberg launch Thefacebook, which later became Facebook?

<p>2001 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is popularly known as the first programmer?

<p>Lady Augusta Lovelace (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year was the punch card tabulating machine invented by Dr. Herman Hollerith?

<p>1890 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was IBM established?

<p>1942 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who produced the 1st computer that uses binary code?

<p>Konrad Zuse (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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