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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>1962</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the first successful commercial computer?

    <p>UNIVAC</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When did the ARPAnet go online?

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

    'ARPAnet' connected computers from which universities?

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

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