Computer Basics
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- Q1Who is considered to be the "Father of the Computer"?Bill GatesCharles BabbageTim Burners-LeeSteve Jobs60s
- Q2What computer did Herman Hollerith develop?Tabulating MachineAnalytical MachineIBM PCENIAC60s
- Q3What did the ENIAC use as a switch to turn current on and off to represent 1 or 0?integrated circuittransistormechanical gearsvacuum tube60s
- Q4Which technology replaced the transistor and was used on the Apollo navigation computers?vacuum tubeintegrated circuittransistormicroprocessor60s
- Q5What was the first successful personal computer available to the public?Altair 8800Apple 1MicrosoftENIAC60s
- Q6A printer would be an example of what?HardwareAn input deviceOperating SystemSoftware60s
- Q7Windows 10 would be an example of whatSoftwareAn input deviceHardwareOperating System60s
- Q8All information received by input devices is sent to the __________ for processing.monitoroperating systemCPUhard drive60s
- Q9The primary purpose of system software , an operating system is to...manages the computer's hardwareproduce word processing documentsplays videostell the computer how to boot up60s
- Q10Which of the following is an example of application software?Notepad++WindowsMAC OSLinux60s