10 Questions
Which decade saw the emergence of IBM as the computing leader?
1970s
What became increasingly important in the 1980s?
Software
Which software became the computing frontline leader in the 1990s?
Microsoft
What turned Internet URLs into web site names that people could read?
World-Wide-Web
Which company challenged Google as a social medium in the 2000s?
Which decade saw the first computer being conceived as a machine of cogs and gears?
1950s
What did IBM emerge as in the 1970s?
Hardware manufacturer
What became a social medium in the 2000s?
Computing
What software challenged Microsoft in the 1990s?
World-Wide-Web
According to Bertalanffy in 1968, how is the evolution of computing approached?
Through social design of technical systems
Test your knowledge on the evolution of computing from the 1950s to the 1990s. Explore the development of hardware and software, the rise of IBM as a computing leader, and the social design of technical systems.
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