History of Early Electronic Computers
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When did the British develop the electronic digital computer Colossus?

  • 1951
  • 1943 (correct)
  • 1946
  • 1962

Which computer was used to calculate artillery aiming tables more efficiently?

  • UNIVAC
  • ENIAC (correct)
  • IBM
  • ARPAnet

Who were the individuals that revolutionized the computer industry?

  • Grace Hopper & Ada Lovelace
  • Bill Gates & Paul Allen (correct)
  • Alan Turing & John von Neumann
  • Steve Jobs & Stephen Wozniak

Which year did IBM become the largest seller of computers?

<p>1960 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what year did the U.S. Air Force propose building an 'information superhighway'?

<p>1962 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the first successful commercial computer?

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

Which event marked the beginning of IBM's dominance in the computer market?

<p>1960 commercial computer explosion (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did the ARPAnet go online?

<p>'First email program developed using @' in 1972 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Hypertext Markup Language,' (HTML) was established in which year?

<p>'Internet became open to civilian/commercial use' in 1991 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'ARPAnet' connected computers from which universities?

<p>'UCLA, Stanford, UCSB, and Utah' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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