sts (midterm) Flashcards

1
Q

who invented the steam engines

A

james watt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

it is fuelled by coal

A

steam engines

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

who invented the butcher

A

stephenson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

it was created for train use

A

locomotive/butcher

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

who invented the steam boat

A

robert fulton

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

who invented the seed drill

A

jethro tull

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

his great innovation included random breeding

A

robert bakewell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

in 1813, he set up the first american textile factory

A

francis cabot lowell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

who invented the cotton gin

A

eli whintey

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

who invented the spinning jenny

A

james hargreave

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

who invented the flying shuttle

A

john kay

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

who invented the movable type printing

A

johannes gutenborg

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

used it to create one of the the western world’s first major printed books, the____

A

forty-two-line bible

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

who created the world wide web

A

TIM BERNERS-LEE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

he created the first effective personal computer called Apple 1

A

steve jobs

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

he founded the microsoft

A

bill gates

17
Q

in 1970, it is considered by the Computer History Museum to be the world’s first personal computer

18
Q

he sent the first email in 1971

A

RAY TOMLINSON

19
Q

He started Gavilan Computer in 1983

A

MANNY FERNANDEZ

20
Q

the first smartphone was the___

21
Q

the first recognizable social network site was___

A

SixDegrees.com

22
Q

it is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic

23
Q

computer created in

A

UNITED STATES

24
Q

creator of computer is

A

CHARLES BABBAGE

25
it is the world's most popular computer network
internet
26
the internet created in
california, united states
27
creators of internet
VINTON CERF, ROBERT KAHN
28
creator of electronic mail
V.A SHIVA AYYADURAI
29
creator of twitter
JACK DORSEY, NOAH GLASS, BIZ STONE, ADN EVAN WILLIAMS
30
Creator of youtube
CHAD HURLEY, STEVE CHEN
31
creator of google
LARRY PAGE, SEGREY BRIN
32
Creator of instagram
KEVIN SYSTROM, MIKE KRIEGER