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1. The first true calculating machine was the _______________________.
2. Charles Babbage designed plans for a computing machine called _____________________.
3. The computer punched card was developed by ________________________ for use in the _________________________________.
4. One of the first programmable computers, built during World War II, was _________________.
5. The central processors of the first programmable computers were huge and expensive and were made using ________________________________.
6. The first known instance of de-bugging a computer was recorded in ____________ when ________________________ found a ________ in an electrical relay in the ____________________ computer system.
7. In 1947, Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley of Bell Labs invented the _____________________ device, later known as the ____________________.
8. In 1958, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments invented the _______________________________.
9. In 1971, engineers at Intel invented the first _______________________________________.
10. One of the first commercially available personal computers was the ____________________.
11. Two examples of special-purpose computers are ___________________________ and ____________________________.
12. The four standard "sizes" of computers are __________________________, ______________________, ______________________, and __________________________, with wearable computers already in development as the next logical step.
13. Four different uses for a computer are ______________________________, _________________________________, _____________________________, and __________________________.
14. The "brain" of a computer is the _____________________________, abbreviated as ______.
15. The "brain" of a personal computer is plugged into the _______________________________.
16. The two types of memory in a computer are ___________________ and ________________.
17. Four types of input devices for a computer are ______________________________, ______________________, ______________________, and __________________________.
18. Magnetic storage is either ________________ access or ________________ access, depending on how it is written and read.
19. An example of optical storage is a _____________________________.
20. Four types of output devices for a computer are __________________________, ______________________, ______________________, and __________________________.
1. The three major categories of programs are ______________________________, ____________________________, and ________________________________.
2. The set of programs that controls all the computer's operations is the ____________________.
3. Programs that perform a specific job are called _______________________________. And an example of one used to store data is a _____________________________________________.
4. A program used to develop other programs is called a _______________________________.
5. Programs are written for a specific computer microprocessor in ________________________.
6. Later, programs easier for people to read were written in ______________________________, which is also know of as _________________________________.
7. A program can be converted to machine code by a __________________ which re-writes it as object code, or by an ________________________ which converts each instruction as it is sent to the CPU.
8. Three examples of programming languages:
Language Used for
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1. Tell how the following are stored in a computer. Use the back of the page if you need more space.
Text _________________________________________________________________
Numbers _________________________________________________________________
Pictures _________________________________________________________________
Sound _________________________________________________________________
Describe what each of these terms mean with computers. Give brief examples.
Input/output devices _____________________________________________________________
Storage Media _____________________________________________________________
Memory _____________________________________________________________
Processors _____________________________________________________________
Co-processors _____________________________________________________________
Modems _____________________________________________________________
Networks _____________________________________________________________
Electronic Mail _____________________________________________________________
Robotics _____________________________________________________________
Describe three jobs in the computer field:
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Is it permissible to accept a free copy of a purchased computer game from a friend? Why, or why not.
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Describe at least five ways that your family could use a computer other than for games:
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