Xerox Alto and Graphics Computing Quiz

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Who is attributed with the beginnings of modern interactive graphics?

Grace Hopper

Ivan Sutherland (correct)

Alan Turing

John McCarthy

Which system included interactive techniques using the keyboard and light pen for choices, pointing, and drawing?

SAGE air-defense system

UNIVAC

Whirlwind I computer

Sketchpad drawing system (correct)

What was the first computer-driven display attached to in the late 50s and early 60s?

UNIVAC

MIT's Whirlwind I computer (correct)

SAGE air-defense system

Sketchpad drawing system

In which air-defense system in the mid-50s were CRT display consoles used with light pens by operators?

SAGE air-defense system Signup and view all the answers

What was the first computer named that displayed data on printers or hardcopy plotters?

UNIVAC Signup and view all the answers

Which conference did Ivan Sutherland present his work at in 1963?

Spring Joint Computer conference Signup and view all the answers

What was the design principle behind the Alto minicomputer developed by Xerox PARC?

Cost of computing falling for knowledge workers Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant feature of the Alto computers according to the text?

Graphical interface for user-computer interaction Signup and view all the answers

Which organization specified the 3D Core Graphics System in the late 70s?

ACM SIGGRAPH Committee Signup and view all the answers

What was PHIGS in relation to GKS?

A 3D extension of GKS Signup and view all the answers

What type of software interface is OpenGL known to be?

Low-level and vendor-neutral Signup and view all the answers

Which software development platform includes Java AWT and Java 3D capabilities?

Java Signup and view all the answers

Who is considered to be the founder of the computer graphics field?

He formulated the ideas of display primitives and constraints on primitives Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of the direct-view storage tube (DVST) introduced in 1968?

It made interactive computer graphics affordable with a complete set including keyboard and mouse Signup and view all the answers

What type of applications were needed by researchers by the late 60's for dynamic graphics?

Applications with solid colored surfaces to make flight simulations more realistic Signup and view all the answers

Why were TV raster displays used to create images for realistic flight simulation applications?

Because they could display solid colored surfaces instead of wireframes Signup and view all the answers

What made CAD & CAM systems attractive as a result of the work done in the computer graphics field?

The introduction of data structures for storing hierarchies built up via easy replication of components Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant characteristic of the first interactive computer graphics terminal brought out by IBM around 1965?

$100,000 cost making it exclusive to elite designers Signup and view all the answers

What are devices in the context of computers?

Components or peripherals attached to a computer for data input and output Signup and view all the answers

When referring to monitors, what year was it invented in?

1897 Signup and view all the answers

Which device is used to enter data and instructions into a computer system?

Keyboard Signup and view all the answers

What type of device is a video display device in the context of computers?

Output device Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of Video display device?

Hard Disk Drive Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of Output Devices in computing?

To receive information from the computer Signup and view all the answers