History and Origin of Computers: Introduction Quiz

Charles Babbage invented the steam-powered calculating machine capable of calculating number tables. The 'Difference Engine' idea failed owing to a lack of ______ at the time.

The world’s first computer program was written by Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician. Lovelace also includes a step-by-step tutorial on how to compute Bernoulli numbers using Babbage’s ______.

Herman Hollerith created the punch card technique used to calculate the 1880 U.S. census. He would go on to start the corporation that would become ______.

Alan Turing had an idea for a universal machine, which he called the Turing machine, that could compute anything that could be computed. The Turing machine is known as a theoretical device that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of ______.

J.V. Atanasoff and graduate student Clifford Berry devise a computer capable of solving 29 equations at the same time. The first time a computer can store data in its primary ______.

A computer is an electronic machine that collects information, stores it, processes it according to user instructions, and then returns the ______.

A computer is a programmable electronic device that performs arithmetic and logical operations automatically using a set of instructions provided by the ______.

Early Computing Devices: ABACUS, Napier’s Bone, Pascaline, Stepped Reckoner or Leibniz wheel, Difference Engine, Analytical Engine, Tabulating machine, Differential Analyzer, ______.

A computer is an electronic machine that collects information, stores it, processes it according to ______ instructions, and then returns the result.

A computer is a programmable electronic device that performs ______ and logical operations automatically using a set of instructions provided by the user.