Wednesday Response: Computers (Pt.2)

Computers Pt. 2

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

 

1. What is the name of the inventor of the first computer?

 

1. a) Charlie Babbage 
2. b) Charles Cabbage
3. c) Charlie Cabbage
4. d) Charles Babbage

 

2. In the first electronic computers, what were the electronic switching devices called? 

 

1. a) Vacuum Cleaners        b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes     d) Microprocessors

 

3. What is the language of 1s and 0s that computers are able to understand called?

 

1. a) English           b) Javascript
2. c) Binary Code d) None of the above

 

4. Rearrange the letters of DOG in binary code to read GOD? Put the Binary Code below

 

→01100111 01101111 01100100

 

5. True or False: The first electronic computers cost millions of dollars.

 

1. a) True b) False

 

6. Which piece of hardware made personal computers possible, and more affordable in the 1960s?

 

1. a) CPUs b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes d) Motherboards

 

WORD	DEFINITION	YOUR OWN SENTENCE
Mechanical Mechanical	Parts that operates the machine. The part needs to be powered by electricity.	There was a mechanical issue.
complex	An area of different and congested parts.	The computer tower was a complex one.
coding	The process is entering a special keyword into something.	I was coding to control my robot.

 

8. Explain: What do you think computers of the future will be like? What will be different from our computers now?

 

→ All computers will not be bulky but will be thin as paper. Mice will be long gone and will be replaced with a digital mouse.