LIE T1

Question 1

What is computer?

Answer 1

Computer is a machine which can perform many task.

It was originally invented to do speedy and accurate calculations.

Question 2

The word “computer” was first recorded as being used in?

Answer 2

1613

Question 3

A computer was originally used to describe?

Answer 3

A human who performed calculations or computations.

Question 4

was an early aid for mathematical computations

Answer 4

Abacus

Question 5

the oldest surviving abacus was used in?

Answer 5

300 B.C. by the Babylonians

Question 6

can work on addition and subtraction problems at the speed of?

Answer 6

a person equipped with a hand calculator

Question 7

Where is the abacus still used today?

Answer 7

in the far east

Question 8

Schickard’s calculating clock is invented by?

Answer 8

German professor Wilhelm Schickard

Question 9

When is Schickard’s calculating clock invented?

Answer 9

1623

Question 10

It is design to assist in all the four basic functions of arithmetic

Answer 10

Schickard’s calculating clock

Question 11

It is the first gear-driven calculating machine

Answer 11

Schickard’s calculating clock

Question 12

Schickard’s calculating clock git little publicity due to?

Answer 12

Schickard died in the bubonic plague

Question 13

Who invented the pascaline?

Answer 13

French mathematician-philosopher Blaise Pascal

Question 14

When is the pascaline invented?

Answer 14

1642

Question 15

Pascaline is also called?

Answer 15

Arithmetic machine

Question 16

the first calculator ir adding machine to be produced in any quantity and actually used

Answer 16

pascaline

Question 17

This machine was invented to help his father who was a tax collector

Answer 17

Pascaline

Question 18

Who invented Leibniz’s stepped reckoner

Answer 18

German Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 19

it is a four function (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) type of machine

Answer 19

Leibniz’s stepped reckoner

Question 20

It is used for calculating the engine of a class of mechanical calculators

Answer 20

Leibniz’s stepped reckoner

Question 21

he was the first to advocate the use of binary number system

Answer 21

German Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 22

A piece of stiff paper that holds digital data represented by the presence and absence of holes in predefined positions.

Answer 22

punched cards

Question 23

Who invented the machine that can record the data from the punched cards?

Answer 23

Herman Hollerith

Question 24

When was the punched card data processing technology developed?

Answer 24

at the end of 1800s

Question 25

Why was the punched cards developed?

Answer 25

for the 1890 U.S. census

Question 26

Known as “The father of Computing”

Answer 26

English Mathematician Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

Question 27

Why was Charles Babbage called as the father of computing?

Answer 27

He was the first to invent the Analytical Engine, which led to the invention of the modern-day computer.

Question 28

Why was Charles Babbage called as the father of computing?

Answer 28

He was the first to invent the Analytical Engine, which led to the invention of the modern-day computer.

Question 29

ENIAC means?

Answer 29

Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

Question 30

When was ENIAC invented?

Answer 30

February 15, 1946

Question 31

It was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer and able to solve “a large class of numerical problems” through reprogramming

Answer 31

ENIAC

Question 32

What does UNIVAC mean

Answer 32

Universal Automatic Computer

Question 33

When is UNIVAC invented?

Answer 33

1951

Question 34

UNIVAC is smaller and faster than?

Answer 34

ENIAC and Mark 1 computer

Question 35

it is designed as a commercial data-processing computer

Answer 35

UNIVAC