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- Q1Where did Microsoft get the idea for the GUI (Graphical User Interface)?IBMAppleIntelDell60s
- Q2Where did Apple get the GUI?IBMMicrosoftIntelXerox60s
- Q3The first computer was _______.Mechanicalinvented in 1988Electrical60s
- Q4Who are the founders of Apple?Bill Gates & Steve JobsSteve Jobs & Michael DellSteve Wozniak & Steve BallmerSteve Wozniak & Steve Jobs60s
- Q5The cell phone was invented in _____.?197319921988196860s
- Q6What was the name of the computer that correctly predicted the Eisenhower/Steverson Election?VIRUSMacintoshBig BlueUNIVAC60s
- Q7The first form of what we would call the internet was____________.Foghorn-NetworkLeghorn-NetARPA-NetDIPPA-Net60s
- Q8The phone companies immediately embraced the idea of networking computers together.TrueFalse60s
- Q9The numbers of computers that began, what later became the internet, was a total of ________ computers.20122460s
- Q10Before Web Browsers were invented the "internet" was ____________ based.GUITextPowerGraphics User Interference60s
- Q11what was the first web browser?FirefoxInternet ExplorerMosaicGoogle Chrome60s
- Q12The first web browser later changed its' name to __________.NetscapeOperaMozillaInternet Exporer60s
- Q13Which Company really made search engines work like we know them today?yahooLycosGoogleAOL60s
- Q14Google was originally called ___________.Back SearchBack RubBreak RewindBar B Q60s
- Q15Apple Computer inc. was the dominate company in the computer business before the launch of the iPod.FalseTrue60s