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1) He Co-Founded Apple, and helped create the first commercially successful personal computer.
A
Steve Jobs
B
Charles Babbage
C
Herman Hollerith
D
Bill Gates
2) This device was the first known calculator.
A
Analytical Engine
B
The ABC Computer
C
Abacus
D
Difference Engine
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
Difference Engine
B
Abacus
C
The Pascaline
D
Antikythera Mechanism
4) He invented the Pascaline, the first mechanical calculator.
A
Blaise Pascal
B
Herman Hollerith
C
Paul Allen
D
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
5) His Loom Head inventions, used punch cards like computer programs. When you changed the punch card, you could change the patterns.
A
Ada Lovelace
B
Charles Babbage
C
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
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
Steve Jobs
B
Charles Babbage
C
Herman Hollerith
D
Bill Gates
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
Ada Lovelace
C
Charles Babbage
D
Herman Hollerith
8) This device, invented by Charles Babbage, was the first automatic mechanical calculator.
A
Antikythera Mechanism
B
The ABC Computer
C
Difference Engine
D
Abacus
9) This engine, invented by Charles Babbage, was the first fully programmable automatic mechanical calculator, and is first general purpose computer concept.
A
Abacus
B
Analytical Engine
C
The ABC Computer
D
Difference Engine
10) Wrote the first computer program using punch cards, is the first computer programmer.
A
Steve Jobs
B
Charles Babbage
C
Bill Gates
D
Ada Lovelace
11) An American computer scientist, and invented the first personal computer, Simon, in 1950.
A
Edmund Berkeley
B
Paul Allen
C
Ada Lovelace
D
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
12) He invented the first computer mouse in 1964, changing the way we interact with computers.
A
Steve Jobs
B
Douglas Engelbart
C
Edmund Berkeley
D
Ada Lovelace
13) He co-founded Microsoft, the largest software company in the world.
A
Joseph-Marie Jacquard
B
Bill Gates
C
Steve Jobs
D
Douglas Engelbart
14) He co-founded Apple, and helped create the first commerically successful personal computer with a mouse.
A
Steve Jobs
B
Edmund Berkeley
C
Douglas Engelbart
D
Bill Gates
15) Built in 1942, this device was the first fully automatic electronic digital computer.
A
Abacus
B
Antikythera Mechanism
C
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
D
Difference Engine
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