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1) He Co-Founded Apple, and helped create the first commercially successful personal computer.
A
Bill Gates
B
Herman Hollerith
C
Charles Babbage
D
Steve Jobs
2) This device was the first known calculator.
A
Difference Engine
B
Analytical Engine
C
The ABC Computer
D
Abacus
3) This device was discovered in a Greek ship wreck. Over 2,000 years old, this device was one of the first mecanical computers. It could calculate the movement of starts and planets in astronomy.
A
Abacus
B
The Pascaline
C
Difference Engine
D
Antikythera Mechanism
4) He invented the Pascaline, the first mechanical calculator.
A
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
B
Herman Hollerith
C
Blaise Pascal
D
Paul Allen
5) His Loom Head inventions, used punch cards like computer programs. When you changed the punch card, you could change the patterns.
A
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
B
Ada Lovelace
C
Charles Babbage
D
Edumund Berkeley
6) He inventented an electronic tabulating machine to help with the US Census. This machine was one of the first electronic computers. His company would later be known as IBM.
A
Charles Babbage
B
Herman Hollerith
C
Bill Gates
D
Steve Jobs
7) Inventor of the first computer. His Difference Engine and Analytical Engine were the first automatic mechanical computers/calculators. Laid the groundwork for what computers have become today.
A
Edmund Berkely
B
Charles Babbage
C
Ada Lovelace
D
Herman Hollerith
8) This device, invented by Charles Babbage, was the first automatic mechanical calculator.
A
Abacus
B
The ABC Computer
C
Difference Engine
D
Antikythera Mechanism
9) This engine, invented by Charles Babbage, was the first fully programmable automatic mechanical calculator, and is first general purpose computer concept.
A
Analytical Engine
B
Abacus
C
Difference Engine
D
The ABC Computer
10) Wrote the first computer program using punch cards, is the first computer programmer.
A
Charles Babbage
B
Bill Gates
C
Steve Jobs
D
Ada Lovelace
11) An American computer scientist, and invented the first personal computer, Simon, in 1950.
A
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
B
Ada Lovelace
C
Paul Allen
D
Edmund Berkeley
12) He invented the first computer mouse in 1964, changing the way we interact with computers.
A
Ada Lovelace
B
Douglas Engelbart
C
Edmund Berkeley
D
Steve Jobs
13) He co-founded Microsoft, the largest software company in the world.
A
Bill Gates
B
Steve Jobs
C
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
D
Douglas Engelbart
14) He co-founded Apple, and helped create the first commerically successful personal computer with a mouse.
A
Edmund Berkeley
B
Steve Jobs
C
Douglas Engelbart
D
Bill Gates
15) Built in 1942, this device was the first fully automatic electronic digital computer.
A
Difference Engine
B
Antikythera Mechanism
C
Abacus
D
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
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