Fundamentals Flashcards
It is considered as the ultimate ancestor of the computer.
Abacus
Is a calculating tool which is consists of beads affixed on rods within a rectangular frame.
Abacus
Charles Babbage, also known as the?
Father of Computing
What are the invention of Charles Babbage? (2)
Difference Engine
Analytical Engine
Charles Babbage was born on?
December 26, 1791
Was conceived to perform quick tabular calculations.
Difference Engine
The Difference engine was powered by?
Steam
Ten years into crafting the Difference Engine, Babbage came up with the idea of a more sophisticated machine called the?
Analytical Engine
It was the first ever device that can be considered as a computer.
Analytical Engine
The basic design of the Analytical Engine required over how many components?
50,000
Analytical Engine utilized I/O media called?
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
It originally used to lay down thread arrangements in weaving.
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
A perforated card that can indicate numerical values.
Jacquard’s Punched Cards.
In this generation, they were based on the use of wired circuits
containing vacuum tubes and utilized punched cards as the main storage medium.
First Generation
First Generation of Computer uses this language involved the manipulation of bits to tell the computer how to operate.
Machine Language
(ENIAC) stands for?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
It’s a hulk of machinery consists of 18,000 vacuum tubes,
70,000 resistors, and 5,000,000 soldered joints, and occupied a space equal to a small warehouse.
ENIAC
ENIAC composed of how many vacuum tubes?
18,000
ENIAC composed of how many resistors?
70,000
ENIAC composed of how many soldered joints?
5,000,000
(EDVAC) stands for?
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
Who designed designed the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)?
1945, Von Neumann
It is a pioneer in implementing the von Neumann’s architecture, the key to the (CPU) which allowed computer functions to be coordinated through a single source.
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)
This computer generation had focused on the development of the transistor.
Second Generation
The Second Generation of Computer uses this language for a more specialized language with easier abbreviated programming codes called?
Assembly language
It essentially replaced the complicated and difficult binary code of machine language.
Assembly language
This computer generation is all about integration.
Third Generation
The first integrated circuit (IC) was invented independently by? (2)
Jack Kilby
Robert Noyce
This computer generation is the development of user-friendly software packages that offered non-technical users many of the advantages of computer applications.
Fourth Generation
In Fourth Generation of Computer, it is characterized by the application of advanced engineering techniques that allow for? (2)
very-large-scale-integration (VLSI)
ultra-large-scale-integration (ULSI)
ULSI stands for?
ultra-large-scale-integration
VLSI stans for?
very-large-scale-integration
In Fourth Generation of Computer, with this, the power of computers increased from 50 operations per second for a high-end machine in? to 250 operations per second in? to millions of operation per second __?
1955
1977
today
This computer generation can understand human speech and can recognize patterns like faces and other complex images.
Fifth Generation
It’s a computer application that uses computer in various purposes such as storing information in databases, and facilitating the processing and presentation of data.
Business
It’s a computer application which computers have taken part on the advancement of various fields of scientific and mathematical endeavors.
Mathematics and Science
A type of computer which is a personal computers intended for business or professional use which are faster and more capable than personal computers.
Workstations Computers
These are small types of personal computers which are very easy to carry anywhere.
Palmtop / Hand-held Computers
It is a computer in a notebook or a slate form that accepts input through the uses of digitizing tablet technology or a touch screen.
Tablet PC
It is an industry term for large computers that are typically used for commercial applications of business and large-scale computing purposes.
Mainframe Computers
What is the Information Processing Cycle?
- Accepts data: input
- Processes data: processing
- Produces output: output
- Stores results: storage
These are data that were transformed into a useful form like complete mailing address.
Information
Individual facts such as name, price, and quantity ordered.
Data
It’s what you call original settings in computers.
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