Lecture 2 history of CS Flashcards

1
Q

the GrandFather of the Computer’
It is the first mechanical computer.

A

Babbage’s analytical engine

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2
Q

The first programmer.

A

Augusta Ada King

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3
Q

developed a machine for tabulating US census which
used punched cards

A

Herman Hollerith

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4
Q

piece of stiff paper that can be used to contain
digital data represented by the presence or
absence of holes in predefined positions.

A

punched card

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5
Q

It was a binary electrically driven mechanical
calculator, reading instructions from punched
celluloid film

A

Z1

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6
Q

Who created Z1

A

Konrad Zuse

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7
Q

What was created by Howard H. Aiken in 1943

A

first electro-mechanical computer:Aiken’s IBM Automatic Sequence
Controlled Calculator

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8
Q

mathematical model of a hypothetical computing
machine which can use a predefined set of rules to determine a result
from a set of input variables

A

turing machine

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9
Q

who invented EDVAC stands for Electronic Discrete
Variable Automatic Computer
▪ The First Stored Program Computer

A

Von Neumann

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10
Q

is a
general-purpose, compiled imperative
programming language that is especially
suited to numeric computation and
scientific computing

A

Fortran

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11
Q

is a
compiled English-like computer
programming language designed for
business use

A

COBOL

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12
Q

is a family of
general-purpose, high-level programming
languages whose design philosophy
emphasizes ease of use

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BASIC

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13
Q

a computer reservation
system which was developed to automate
the way American Airlines booked
reservations

A

Sabre

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14
Q

describes a driving force of
technological and social change, productivity,
and economic growth

A

Moore’s law

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15
Q

what technologies became the technical
foundation of the Internet

A

ARPANET and TCP/IP

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16
Q

Father of the modern PC

A

IBM Personal Computer

17
Q

1 generation of comp

A

vacuum tubes

18
Q

2 generation

A

transistors and diodes

19
Q

3 gen

A

integrated circuits

20
Q

4 gen

A

microprocessors

21
Q

5 gen

A

AI

22
Q

the
first computer system to defeat a reigning
world champion under standard chess
tournament time controls

A

IBM’s Deep blue

23
Q

launched Microsoft,
which became the world’s
largest PC software company

A

in 1975, Gates and Paul Allen

24
Q

co-founded
Apple in 1976 to sell Apple
computers with Macintosh OS

A

Jobs and Wozniak

25
Q

Father of the World Wide Web

A

Sir Tim-Berners Lee

26
Q

Google was founded by

A

arry Page
and Sergey Brin

27
Q

Yahoo was founded by

A

Jerry Yang and David
Filo

28
Q

who founded Amazon

A

Jeff bezos

29
Q

Pierre Morad Omidyar

A

founded eBay

30
Q

Who founded Alibaba

A

Jack Ma

31
Q

Insta founders

A

Kevin Systrom and Mike
Krieger