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sts (midterm) Flashcards

1
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who invented the steam engines

A

james watt

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2
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it is fuelled by coal

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steam engines

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3
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who invented the butcher

A

stephenson

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4
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it was created for train use

A

locomotive/butcher

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5
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who invented the steam boat

A

robert fulton

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6
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who invented the seed drill

A

jethro tull

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7
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his great innovation included random breeding

A

robert bakewell

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8
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in 1813, he set up the first american textile factory

A

francis cabot lowell

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9
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who invented the cotton gin

A

eli whintey

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10
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who invented the spinning jenny

A

james hargreave

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11
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who invented the flying shuttle

A

john kay

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12
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who invented the movable type printing

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johannes gutenborg

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13
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used it to create one of the the western world’s first major printed books, the____

A

forty-two-line bible

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14
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who created the world wide web

A

TIM BERNERS-LEE

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15
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he created the first effective personal computer called Apple 1

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steve jobs

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16
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he founded the microsoft

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bill gates

17
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in 1970, it is considered by the Computer History Museum to be the world’s first personal computer

A

KENBAK-1

18
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he sent the first email in 1971

A

RAY TOMLINSON

19
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He started Gavilan Computer in 1983

A

MANNY FERNANDEZ

20
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the first smartphone was the___

A

IBM Simon

21
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the first recognizable social network site was___

A

SixDegrees.com

22
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it is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic

A

COMPUTERS

23
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computer created in

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UNITED STATES

24
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creator of computer is

A

CHARLES BABBAGE

25
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it is the world’s most popular computer network

A

internet

26
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the internet created in

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california, united states

27
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creators of internet

A

VINTON CERF, ROBERT KAHN

28
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creator of electronic mail

A

V.A SHIVA AYYADURAI

29
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creator of twitter

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JACK DORSEY, NOAH GLASS, BIZ STONE, ADN EVAN WILLIAMS

30
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Creator of youtube

A

CHAD HURLEY, STEVE CHEN

31
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creator of google

A

LARRY PAGE, SEGREY BRIN

32
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Creator of instagram

A

KEVIN SYSTROM, MIKE KRIEGER

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