Module 1 Flashcards
The goal of this module is to learn about the history of information technology.
These were popular tools for storing information during ancient times. They often used wax or clay in the making of this tool.
Tablets
A simple arithmetic tool that uses beads strung along copper wires.
Abacus
A table that helps people do complicated math using the logarithms of two numbers.
Table of logarithms
People who compute their taxes use this for convenience.
Income Tax Tables
This man created the Pascal’s Calculator, known for adding numbers up to six digits.
Blaise Pascal
A tool capable of performing all four basic operations.
Step Reckoner
The person who invented the Step Reckoner.
Gottfried Liebnitz
A tool that allows the user to add numbers up to six digits.
Pascal’s Calculator
It was known as the first commercially successful calculator.
Arithmometer
Who invented the Arithmometer?
Charles Thomas de Colmar
It is known as the world’s first printing calculator.
Scheutz Difference Engine
Who invented the Scheutz Difference Engine?
George Scheutz and Edvard
It is known as a practical adding machine.
Burroughs Adding Machine
Who invented the Burroughs Adding Machine?
William Burroughs
During this age, rapid industrialization and economic growth took place.
Gilded Age
This is a machine capable of expressing values in dollars and cents.
Cash Register
What are the names of the people who invented the cash register?
John and James Ritty
This is an electromechanical tabulating machine for punch cards that assists in information and accounting.
Punch Card Machine
Who invented the Punch Card Machine?
Herman Hollerith
Which university set out to build a computer back in 1948?
University of Manchester
When did the computer successfully run its first program?
1948
When was the first commercial computer introduced?
1951
Which company first introduced the commercial computer?
Ferranti LTD
This was known as the descendant of research computers constructed at the University of Manchester.
FerrantiMark 1
This company completed the UNIVAC in 1951 and was known for making deliveries of computers to the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Remington-Rand
This company managed to dominate the mainframe market of computers back in the mid-1960s.
IBM
This programming language uses symbolic representations of machine instructions.
Assembly Language
This is known as the first higher-level language used in scientific applications.
FORTRAN
When was FORTRAN introduced?
1957
This particular language was designed by the U.S. government for business standards.
COBOL
When was COBOL introduced?
1959
This particular system was used to share computer time among multiple users.
Time-Sharing Systems
When was the Time-Sharing System introduced?
Early 1960s
This was an easy-to-learn language developed at Dartmouth College.
BASIC
When was BASIC introduced?
Early 1960s
This was invented at Bells Lab intended as a replacement for the vacuum tube.
Transistor
A component that was super cheap, really fast, and reliable.
Semiconductor
This is a semiconductor that contained transistors, resistors, and capacitors.
Integrated Circuit
This was a series of 19 computers with varying levels of power.
System/360
This is a computer inside a semiconductor chip.
Microprocessor
Which company invented the microprocessor?
Intel
When was the microprocessor invented?
1970
This was one of the very first personal computers back in 1975.
Altair 8800
