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The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about important computers, computer components, and concepts throughout history. It asks the student to identify early mechanical computers like the Antikythera mechanism, people like Charles Babbage considered the "father of computers", electronic digital computers like ENIAC and Colussus, important computer components like the CPU and MOSFET transistor, general purpose computers, programming languages, and more. The student provided concise answers identifying each term in 1-2 words.

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Assignment On Module2

The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about important computers, computer components, and concepts throughout history. It asks the student to identify early mechanical computers like the Antikythera mechanism, people like Charles Babbage considered the "father of computers", electronic digital computers like ENIAC and Colussus, important computer components like the CPU and MOSFET transistor, general purpose computers, programming languages, and more. The student provided concise answers identifying each term in 1-2 words.

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KAILA D.

PENTES BSIT 1-A


Identification: Identify the following and write your answers on the space provided. 1pt. each.
1.________________ the first fully automatic, digital (electromechanical) computer.
2._________________ An English mechanical engineer and polymath, originated the concept of a
programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer.
3._________________ A mechanical analog computer designed to solve differential equations by
integration, used wheel-and-disc mechanisms to perform the integration. In 1876,
4._________________ It is a hand-operated analog computer for doing multiplication and division.
5._________________It was a star chart invented by Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī in the early 11th century.
6._________________ it is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog "computer"
7._________________ no human being can compete to solving the complex computation, faster than
computer because of this trait.
8._________________ , the first "automatic electronic digital computer
9._________________ the first electronic digital programmable computing device.
10.________________ the first electronic, Turing-complete device, and performed ballistics trajectory
calculations for the United States Army.
11.________________ the first electronic stored-program computer.
12.________________ the world's first commercially available general-purpose computer
13.________________ It ran the world's first regular routine office computer job.
14.________________ the first completely transistorized computer.
15.________________ the most widely used transistor in computers, and is the fundamental building
block of digital electronics.
16.________________Invented the first working ICs.
17.________________ the first single-chip microprocessor.
18.________________ the highest performing computer system.
19.________________ but dedicated computers which are set-up to offer some services to the clients.
They are named depending on the type of service they offered.
20.________________ They are the computing devices which are used in other machines to serve limited
set of requirements.
21.________________ Computer capable of solving problems by processing information expressed in
discrete form.
22.________________Is a collection of hardware, software and liveware that are designed to receive,
process, manage and present information.
23.________________ These keys include the same letter, number, punctuation, and symbol keys found
on a traditional typewriter.
24._________________ devices that capture an object or a document directly from the source.
25._________________ is the core of a computer system.
26._________________ It holds many of the crucial electronic components of the system, such as the
central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals.
27._________________ It control the use of the main memory in storing of data and instructions
28._________________ was the first digital electronic computer.
29._________________ was invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959.
30._________________ a programming language that provides no abstraction from the hardware, and it
is represented in 0 or 1 forms,
ANSWERS:
1. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
2. Charles Babbage
3. The differencial analyser
4. Slide rule
5. Planisphere
6. Antikythera mechanism
7. Speed
8. Atanasoff – berry
9. Colussus
10. ENIAC
11. Manchester baby
12. Mark 1
13. Transistors
14. MOSFET (MOS transistors)
15. MOSFET
16. Jack kilby at texas
17. Intel 4004
18. Super computer
19. Server
20. Embedded computer
21. Digital
22. Computer
23. Typing
24. Source Document
25. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
26. Tower System Unit Desktop System Unit
27. CPU
28. ENIAC
29. MOS transistors
30. Low level language

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