What is a Computer?
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What is the primary system that most computers rely on?

  • Ternary system
  • Octal system
  • Binary system (correct)
  • Quaternary system

    • Who designed the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer?

  • Grace Hopper
  • Ada Lovelace
  • Alan Turing
  • John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, Jr. (correct)

    • What is one of the more common ways code is used to provide instructions for a computer?

  • Functional programming (correct)
  • Object-oriented programming
  • Imperative programming
  • Declarative programming

    • What type of tasks can the most powerful computers perform?

    <p>Simulating nuclear weapon experiments and predicting climate change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which programming languages are mentioned in the text as popular modern languages?

    <p>JavaScript and Python</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of quantum computers?

    <p>Handling a large number of calculations through quantum parallelism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of computer artificial intelligence (AI) on society as mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Improves the quality of everyday life and makes life simpler, safer, and more efficient</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some arguments against computer artificial intelligence (AI) mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Leads to greater unemployment and poses dangerous privacy risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has extended the range and accuracy of weather forecasting?

    <p>The capacity of computers to handle large amounts of data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some limitations of computers mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Undecidable propositions whose truth cannot be determined within a given set of rules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of quantum computers?

    <p>Processing data through quantum parallelism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of computer artificial intelligence (AI) on society as mentioned in the passage?

    <p>AI improves the quality of everyday life by doing routine and complicated tasks better than humans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some limitations of computers mentioned in the passage?

    <p>The halting problem and undecidable propositions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has extended the range and accuracy of weather forecasting?

    <p>The capacity of computers to handle large amounts of data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary system that most computers rely on?

    <p>General-purpose information processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary system that most computers rely on?

    <p>Binary system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are credited with designing the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer?

    <p>John Mauchly, J. Presper Eckert, Jr., and their colleagues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the more common ways code is used to provide instructions for a computer?

    <p>Functional programming</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the impact of computer artificial intelligence (AI) on society as mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Both positive and negative impacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of tasks can the most powerful computers perform?

    <p>Complex tasks such as simulating nuclear weapon experiments and predicting climate change development</p> Signup and view all the answers

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