24 Questions
Who is attributed with the beginnings of modern interactive graphics?
Ivan Sutherland
Which system included interactive techniques using the keyboard and light pen for choices, pointing, and drawing?
Sketchpad drawing system
What was the first computer-driven display attached to in the late 50s and early 60s?
MIT's Whirlwind I computer
In which air-defense system in the mid-50s were CRT display consoles used with light pens by operators?
SAGE air-defense system
What was the first computer named that displayed data on printers or hardcopy plotters?
UNIVAC
Which conference did Ivan Sutherland present his work at in 1963?
Spring Joint Computer conference
What was the design principle behind the Alto minicomputer developed by Xerox PARC?
Cost of computing falling for knowledge workers
What was a significant feature of the Alto computers according to the text?
Graphical interface for user-computer interaction
Which organization specified the 3D Core Graphics System in the late 70s?
ACM SIGGRAPH Committee
What was PHIGS in relation to GKS?
A 3D extension of GKS
What type of software interface is OpenGL known to be?
Low-level and vendor-neutral
Which software development platform includes Java AWT and Java 3D capabilities?
Java
Who is considered to be the founder of the computer graphics field?
He formulated the ideas of display primitives and constraints on primitives
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
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
Why were TV raster displays used to create images for realistic flight simulation applications?
Because they could display solid colored surfaces instead of wireframes
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
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
What are devices in the context of computers?
Components or peripherals attached to a computer for data input and output
When referring to monitors, what year was it invented in?
1897
Which device is used to enter data and instructions into a computer system?
Keyboard
What type of device is a video display device in the context of computers?
Output device
Which of the following is NOT a type of Video display device?
Hard Disk Drive
What is the purpose of Output Devices in computing?
To receive information from the computer
Test your knowledge on the Xerox Alto, a graphics-based personal minicomputer designed by the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Learn about the concepts behind the Alto's development, including graphical interfaces and raster-graphics technology.
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