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What was the primary method of submitting computing jobs before time-sharing systems?
What was the primary method of submitting computing jobs before time-sharing systems?
- Online submission through networks
- Direct keyboard input
- Through punched cards or paper tape (correct)
- Using video display units
What was the outcome of advances in hardware from the 1940s to 1950s?
What was the outcome of advances in hardware from the 1940s to 1950s?
- Creation of the first artificial intelligence
- Development of video display units
- Increased use of punched cards for input
- Replacement of mechanical relays with vacuum tubes, then transistors, and finally ICs (correct)
What was the significance of Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad?
What was the significance of Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad?
- It developed the first video display unit
- It enabled online submission of computing jobs
- It introduced the concept of time-sharing systems
- It allowed for the creation of sophisticated visual models on a display screen (correct)
What was the focus of the earliest applications of video display units in the 1950s?
What was the focus of the earliest applications of video display units in the 1950s?
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What was the outcome of the development of time-sharing systems?
What was the outcome of the development of time-sharing systems?
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