The Evolution of Computing

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Which decade saw the emergence of IBM as the computing leader?

  • 1950s
  • 1970s (correct)
  • 1980s
  • 1960s

What became increasingly important in the 1980s?

  • Hardware
  • Internet
  • Software (correct)
  • World-Wide-Web

Which software became the computing frontline leader in the 1990s?

  • IBM
  • Microsoft (correct)
  • Facebook
  • Google

What turned Internet URLs into web site names that people could read?

<p>World-Wide-Web (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which company challenged Google as a social medium in the 2000s?

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

Which decade saw the first computer being conceived as a machine of cogs and gears?

<p>1950s (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did IBM emerge as in the 1970s?

<p>Hardware manufacturer (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What became a social medium in the 2000s?

<p>Computing (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What software challenged Microsoft in the 1990s?

<p>World-Wide-Web (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Bertalanffy in 1968, how is the evolution of computing approached?

<p>Through social design of technical systems (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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