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Living In An IT World > Module 1 > Flashcards

Module 1 Flashcards

The goal of this module is to learn about the history of information technology.

1
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These were popular tools for storing information during ancient times. They often used wax or clay in the making of this tool.

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Tablets

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A simple arithmetic tool that uses beads strung along copper wires.

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Abacus

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A table that helps people do complicated math using the logarithms of two numbers.

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Table of logarithms

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People who compute their taxes use this for convenience.

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Income Tax Tables

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5
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This man created the Pascal’s Calculator, known for adding numbers up to six digits.

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Blaise Pascal

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6
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A tool capable of performing all four basic operations.

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Step Reckoner

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7
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The person who invented the Step Reckoner.

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Gottfried Liebnitz

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A tool that allows the user to add numbers up to six digits.

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Pascal’s Calculator

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It was known as the first commercially successful calculator.

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Arithmometer

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10
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Who invented the Arithmometer?

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Charles Thomas de Colmar

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It is known as the world’s first printing calculator.

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Scheutz Difference Engine

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12
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Who invented the Scheutz Difference Engine?

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George Scheutz and Edvard

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13
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It is known as a practical adding machine.

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Burroughs Adding Machine

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14
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Who invented the Burroughs Adding Machine?

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William Burroughs

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During this age, rapid industrialization and economic growth took place.

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Gilded Age

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This is a machine capable of expressing values in dollars and cents.

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Cash Register

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17
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What are the names of the people who invented the cash register?

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John and James Ritty

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18
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This is an electromechanical tabulating machine for punch cards that assists in information and accounting.

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Punch Card Machine

19
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Who invented the Punch Card Machine?

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Herman Hollerith

20
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Which university set out to build a computer back in 1948?

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University of Manchester

21
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When did the computer successfully run its first program?

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1948

22
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When was the first commercial computer introduced?

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1951

23
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Which company first introduced the commercial computer?

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Ferranti LTD

24
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This was known as the descendant of research computers constructed at the University of Manchester.

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FerrantiMark 1

25
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This company completed the UNIVAC in 1951 and was known for making deliveries of computers to the U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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Remington-Rand

26
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This company managed to dominate the mainframe market of computers back in the mid-1960s.

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IBM

27
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This programming language uses symbolic representations of machine instructions.

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Assembly Language

28
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This is known as the first higher-level language used in scientific applications.

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FORTRAN

29
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When was FORTRAN introduced?

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1957

30
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This particular language was designed by the U.S. government for business standards.

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COBOL

31
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When was COBOL introduced?

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1959

32
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This particular system was used to share computer time among multiple users.

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Time-Sharing Systems

33
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When was the Time-Sharing System introduced?

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Early 1960s

34
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This was an easy-to-learn language developed at Dartmouth College.

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BASIC

35
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When was BASIC introduced?

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Early 1960s

36
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This was invented at Bells Lab intended as a replacement for the vacuum tube.

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Transistor

37
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A component that was super cheap, really fast, and reliable.

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Semiconductor

38
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This is a semiconductor that contained transistors, resistors, and capacitors.

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Integrated Circuit

39
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This was a series of 19 computers with varying levels of power.

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System/360

40
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This is a computer inside a semiconductor chip.

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Microprocessor

41
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Which company invented the microprocessor?

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Intel

42
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When was the microprocessor invented?

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1970

43
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This was one of the very first personal computers back in 1975.

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Altair 8800

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