First Lesson Flashcards
What does ENIAC stand for?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
What was the year of ENIAC?
1946
What was the year of Luxo Jr.
1986
Who programed a computer to control a mechanical drawing machine that is quite capable of making remarkably naturalistic drawings on its own?
Harold Cohen
Creator of analytic engine in late 1860’s that was made out of gears, levers and rods.
Charles Babbage
What could Charle’s Babbage analytic engine do?
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide
Who invented the z3 calculator?
Konrad Zuse
What was the date of the z3 calculator.
December 1941
What was the first general purpose calculator that was programmed controlled?
Z3
When do the ENIAC project start?
1943
When was ENIAC completed?
1964
Where was ENIAC started?
at University of Pennsylvania
What 2 people designed ENIAC?
John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert
Was ENIAC known as a “super calculator”
Yes
What does EDVAC stand for?
Electronic, Discrete, Variable, Automatic Computer
Who were the scientists of EDVAC?
John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert and John von Newman
What year was EDVAC created?
1944
What was EDVAC suppose to be?
First programmed computer; programs are stored in memory. With the data to be processed.
What is the earliest stored program computers?
Manchester Mark 1
Who developed the Manchester Mark 1?
Max Newman and Freddy Williams
What did the two scientist of EDVAC leave to start in 1947?
UNIVAC
1st stored program computer in US?
BINAC
What was the name of Harold Cohen’s program that did naturalistic drawings.
AARON
What did AARON exactly do?
Make original naturalistic drawings
What did UNIVAC stand for?
Universal Automatic Computer
What was UNIVAC
1st general purpose electronic and to use a magnetic tap drives and buffer memory.
