The Evolution of Computers
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Who is credited with designing and building an adding machine in 1642?

  • Blaise Pascal (correct)
  • Thomas Edison
  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Nikola Tesla
  • What is the oldest known calculating device?

  • Calculator
  • Slide rule
  • Adding machine
  • Abacus (correct)
  • What invention replaced valves in computers?

  • Diodes
  • Vacuum tubes
  • Resistors
  • Transistors (correct)
  • What was the main disadvantage of using valves in early computers?

    <p>Short lifespan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How long have abacuses been in use?

    <p>Thousands of years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Electronic computers have been around for over a century?

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

    True or false: The abacus uses beads threaded on wires to represent numbers?

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

    True or false: The second invention was the transistor?

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

    True or false: Valves were used for information processing in all first generation computers?

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

    True or false: The transistor was invented in 1948 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories?

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

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