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What was one of the first ever stored programs that became operational in 1948?

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Manchester Mark I

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What company sold 450 of its first mass produced computer in one year in 1954?

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IBM

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In 1956, what was introduced to replace punched cards and paper tape input?

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Direct keyboard input

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In 1958 what large scale communication network connected 23 computer sites in the US and Canada to detect and destroy Soviet bombers?

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SAGE

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In 1960 what computer system that inspired first computer video game Space War I retailed for around 120,000?

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DEC-PDP 1

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In 1968, Data General introduced what microcomputer chip and how much memory did it have?

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Nova, 32 kb memory

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In 1971 Intel introduced what that could address 64 JB?

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The 8080 microprocessor

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In 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs ordered 50 assembled systems of what?

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Apple-1

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In 1977 what was sold with keyboard, case, manual game paddles and cassette tape containing the game Breakout?

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Apple II

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In 1978, who launches Model 400 and Model 800 computers using the marketing slogan “computers for People”

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Atari

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In 1981 what Microsoft operating system became the most licensed operating system?

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MS-DOS

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In 1981, what did Sony introduce?

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The 3 1/2 inch floppy drive and diskettes

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In 1981, what company launches a PC with Intel 8088 microprocessor and MS-DOS operating system?

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IBM

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In 1982-1983 what was developed by Philips that was able to hold 550 mb of prerecorded data?

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CD Roms

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In 1984 what did Apple launch with the first successful mouse-driven computer with a GUI and a 6800 microprocessor?

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MacIntosh

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In 1984. who released a portable computer that could run the same software as the IBM PC?

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Compaq

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In 1986, Compaq introduced the first computer to use what 32 bit microprocessor?

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Intel 80386 chip

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In 1990-1991, who invented the World Wide Web at CERN in Switzerland?

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Tim Berners-Lee

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In 1990-1991, Microsoft delivers what that provided the ability to run multiple programs simultaneously on the Intel 80386 chip?

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Windows 3.0

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In 1992, what created a set of standards for digital images?

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JPEG( Joint Photographic Expert Group)

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In 1993, what first popular browser was created?

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Mosaic

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In 1994 Compact Flash memory is introduced by who?

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ScanDisk

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In 1994, Sony released what?

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Playstation

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In 1997, what did IBMs computer do?

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Defeat a world champion chess player

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What became the norm in the late 90s aided by mobile devices like Blackberry and Nokia 6110?

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Text messaging

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In 2000, what two things were first introduced?

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Camera phone and Flash Drive

27
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In 2000, what did Honda introduce?

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The first humanoid robot ASIMO

28
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In 2006, what rental cloud based service was launched?

29
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In 2007, what two things were released by Amazon and Apple?

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Amazon Kindle and IPhone

30
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In 2010, what two things did Apple release?

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IPAD and Apple Retina display

31
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In 2011 what two subscriptions services were announced?

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Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office 365

32
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In 2012 what smalll, single board computer was released as a tool to promote science ed?

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Raspberry PC

33
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In 2014 what did Apple introduce into their ecosystem?

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Apple Pay mobile payment

34
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In 2015, what was released that incorporated Apple IOS with sensors for environmental and health monitoring?

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Apple Watch

35
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In 2019 Oculus released what with a 2560 x 1440 LCD and one more camera facing upward?

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Oculus Rift S

36
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What was one of the earliest computing devices that was probably first used in China which consisted of strings on rods and was used to carry out calculations?

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What computing system emerged between the Middle Ages and the modern era that used gears For input and output of data?

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The Leibniz Machine

38
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What was never constructed but was designed to read instructions in the form of holes on paper cards which would be programmable?

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Babbage’s Analytical Engine

39
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Who is considered the world’s first programmer?

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Ada Lovelace

40
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What machine developed at Penn State was a fully electronic machine?

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The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)

41
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Processing power blanks every two years.

42
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Wozniak and Jobs built the first viable what in 1976

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Home computer

43
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First-generation computers used what for circuitry and what for memory?

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Vacuum tubes
Magnetic drums

44
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The first generation of computers relied on what to run one program at a time

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Machine languages

45
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What did the first generation of computers use for input and outputs?

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Punch cards
Print outs

46
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What replaced vacuum tubes in the second generation of computers?

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Transistors

47
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What did the second generation of computers use for input and output?

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Punch cards
Printouts

48
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What were used for storage in the second generation of computers?

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Tapes and disks

49
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Over 100 what were developed to work with second generation computers?

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Computer programming languages

50
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What replaced machine language in the second generation of computers that specified instructions using words?

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Assembly languages

51
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Name two high-level programming languages developed for the second generation of computers

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FORTRAN (formula translation)
COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)

52
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The invention of what enabled the development of the third generation of computers that were cheaper m, faster, and smaller than their predecessors

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Integrated circuits

53
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Integrated circuits miniaturized transistors and placed them on silicon chips called what?

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Semiconductors

54
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Blank made it possible for computers to run multiple applications at the same time and to share memory and other resources?

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Operating Systems

55
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In the third generation of computers, computational time was reduced from milliseconds to what?

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Nanoseconds

56
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Fourth generation computers included what that were thousands of integrated circuits on a single silicon chip?

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Microprocessors

57
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In 1971 what chip included all the components of the computer on a single chip?

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Intel 4004

58
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The fourth generation of computers saw the development of what three things?

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Graphical Users Interfaces (GUIs)
The mouse
Handheld devices

59
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The fifth generation of computers started in the 1980s when microprocessors were able to accommodate tens of millions of electronic components using what?

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Ultra-Large-Scale Integration (ULSI)

60
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Fifth generation computers use what two things to support new technological developments?

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Parallel Processing
Artificial Intelligence software

61
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Fifth generation computers will be able to respond natural language and will be capable of what?

62
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What is the study of non-classical model of computation, said to be more efficient than modern computing through the use of quantum tunneling?

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Quantum computing

63
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What involves the use of nanoscale tools and nonbiological processes to build structures, devices and systems at the molecular level?

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Nanotechnology

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