Who wrote the first book about personal
computers in 1974? Ted Nelson (The
title was Computer Liberation and Dream Machine).
What was the first name of the inventor of
Boolean algebra? George Boole.
A famous computer pioneer was also an opium
addict and a gambler was it Ada lovelace, Alan Turing, or Norber
Weiner? Ada Lovelace.
What book about Computers won a pulitzer
prize? Soul of a new machine, by
Tracy Kidder.
Who wrote the following
books? a) The Art of
Computer programming - Donald Knuth
b) The Third Apple - Jean Louis Gassee
c) The Ninth Bridge water Treatise - Charles Babbage.
The world modem is formed from what two
words? Modulator and DEM odulator.
Was the first slide rule developed in 1620,
1750, or 1880? In 1620, by William
Oughtred.
What is meant by FIOPS?
It stands for Floating pointing Operations per second.
What is the purpose of the bench around the
Cray - 1 Super Computer? For
cooling.
What was the first tune generated by a
Computer, and where was it
done? "A Bicycle Built for
TWO" (or "Daisy, Daisy") at Bell
Labs., U.S.
What doest the CD-ROM stands for
? Compact - Disc Read-Only-Memory.
Which company marketed the first digital
watch? Hewlett - Packard.
In which year did a Computer begin playing
Checkers? 1940, 1950 or
1960? 1950. The machine was
Manchester's MADAM.
What is the most widely installed PC Operating
System? DOS or MS-DOS (Disc
Operating System or Micro Soft Disc Operating System)
What microprocessor was used in the Mark
8? The Intel 4004 microprocessor.
What is the term for software permanently
stored in ROM? Firmware.
What do the letters in APL (A high level
Computer language) stand for? A
Programming Language.
What does CP/M stand
for? Control programme for
Microcomputers.
Who wrote CP/M. In which company did he
worked at that time? Gary Kidall.
What is the Saoo?
A data bus.
What is the more common name of the IEEE 802.3
standard? Ethernet.
What is a Computer
Virus? Computer Viruses are small
malicious Computer programs, created for fun or acts of vandalism, which
infect other programmes by secretly attaching with them. They can
spread to other programmes computers automatically. Their effects
range from flashing of a message to seriously affecting Computer operations
and destroying the information stored in the Computer memory.
Who won the 1988 Kyota Prize, high ranking,
internationally recognised award, in the field of Computer
Science? John MaCarthy, Professor,
stanford University, US.
How many columns does an IBM Standard Computer
punch card have? Eighty Columns.
In 1921, Karl Capek used the Czech word for
worker in his play RUR. In the process he coined a
new word. What was the word?
Robot.
What is the name used for the tiny round piece
of paper created by punching paper
tape? It is pulp, chad or
fluff? Chad.
What was the first Computer John Von Neumann,
the father of Computer used? The
MARKI or the Pilot ACE? The
Harward Mark 1, Which he used in his work at Los Alamos, U S.
Is there a way to read manually a magnetic
tape if you do not have a tape
reader? Yes, by using a special
magnetic powder or liquid.
We know of at least two high level computer
languages whose names read the same way backward and forward. What are
they? ADA and C.
Was the Bench mark whetstone, a measure of
Computing performance, developed in the U S, the U K or
France?
The U K.
What was the first Computer
Magazine. Computers and Automation, Datamation or Computer
world? Computers and Automation,
first published by Edmund Berkely, in 1950.
Computer pioneer Alan Turing contributed to
the design of one Computer that was built was it ENIAC or the pilot
ACE? The Pilot ACE.
Ivan Sutherland described the first
interactive graphics program. What was it
called? Sketchpad.
Of the following three terms, which does not
describe a type of microprocessor, CISC, RISC, or WISC.
What Computer language inspired the design of
the IBM selectric type ball? FORTRAN, BASIC or
APL? APL.
What was the first home computer to sell a
million units? The Apple II, the
Commodore VIC - 20. or the TRS -
80? The Commodore VIC - 20.
Name two Computer software languages developed
by industry and user committees?
ADA and COBOL.
How far can electricity travel in a nanosecond
1.8 inches, 10.8 inches, or 108
inches? 10.8 inches.
In 1888 William Burroughs was granted a
Patent. Was it for the printing adding machine, the Difference Engine
or the punched card? Printing
adding machine.
For what do these acronyms stand
for: a) MIS (Management
Information System) b)CAE
(Computer Aided Engineering)
c) CAI (Computer Aided
Instruction) d) WPS (World
Processing Software).
The letters in moot software languages form
acronyms which of the following two language names is not an
acronym? FORTRAN or
ADA? ADA.
Name the Computer language the following
persons invented: a) John Mcearthy
b) Nikalus wirth? a)
LISP b) PASCAL.
In which year did the work byte become
standard? 1950, 1958 or
1964? 1964. The 8 bit byte
became standard with the IBM 360 computer.
How long would it take to send the
Encyclopedia Britannia over a fibre optic Cable at a rate of 2 GigaGits per
second? Two seconds, or Two
minutes ten minutes? Two Seconds.
Many people believe that ENIAC was the first
electronic digital computer, but a recent article in Scientific American
claims this honour should really go to another Computer
pioneer? Is this person stibitz,
Atanasoff or Zusc? Atanasoff.
Ada Lovelace, of course, was the famous of
friend Nineteenth Century Computer Pioneer charles Babbage and a software
pioneer in her own right was Ada Lovelace in favour of or, against, the idea
of artificial intelligence?
Against.
During World War II the allies used Computers
to decode secret messages written by the Nazis on a special equipment.
Was this machine called Ultra, the Ace or the Engima?
The Engima.
Most U. S. Government-Sponsored computer
projects are funded by the Department of Defence. What pioneering
computer was funded by the Department of Agriculture? Was
it the Atanasoff machine, KNIAC or UNIVAC?
The Atanasoff machine - The Department of Agriculture, U S provided 500 for
the project during the Forties.
Some say the personal Computer era began when
a micro computer appeared on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular
Electronics was that Computer IMSAI, Altair, the Scelbi or the Apple - 1.
The miniature integrated circuits (ICS) that
make up today's Computers are manufactured in so-called clean rooms to avoid
contamination. Which is cleaner, a class 100 clean room or a
Class 10 clean room? Class 10.
Prior to their use in Computers, punch card
were used in which of the following machines. Silk weaving silk
weaving machines, calculators or drilling
machines? Silk weaving machines.
What is the difference between LISP and
LIPS? LIST Processing (LISP) is a
programming language whereas LIPS refers to Logical Inferences Per Second
(unit of speed in Artificial intelligence).
Which is the fatest PC in the world
today? Presently, the fastest PC
in Compaq's 20 MHz Deskpro 386/20.
What does mouse mean in Computer
terminology? Mouse is a device
which is used to Swiftly change the cursor position on the screen instead of
a slow Key-board.
Who introduced the integrated circuit and
when? Jack Kilby, an inventor with
Texas Instruments, introduced the integrated circuit in 1958.
Who founded Apple Computers,
Inc? By Stephan Woznaik and steve
jobs.
What does the term 'Shared logic'
means? Shared logic is the
concurrent use of a Single Computer multiple users.
Most of us are familiar with off-used terms
like hardware, software and firmware. But what is people-
ware? Peopleware refers to the
personel who design, program operate and maintain Computer equipment.
What is a
firmware? Non-alterable software
fixed on a piece to hardware (Rom-chips).
What is MTBF?
MTBF is an acronym for Mean Time Between Failures and is the average length
of time of a system of Component is expected to work without failure.
