LESSON 1_Formative Assessment
History of Computing Quiz
Test your knowledge of the fascinating history of computing with our interactive quiz! From the ancient abacus to modern mechanical computers, this quiz covers essential inventions and their inventors.
Challenge yourself and discover:
- The early calculators that paved the way for modern computing
- Key figures in the development of computational machines
- How these historical devices influenced today's technology
An electronic machine collects information, stores it, processes it according to user instructions & returns the result.
COMPUTER
TELEVISION
APPLIANCES
GADGETS
It was invented by the Chinese around 4000 years ago. It’s a wooden rack with metal rods with beads attached to them
ABACUS
NAPIER'S BONE
PASCALINE
STEPPED RECKONER
The first machine to calculate using the decimal point system.
PASCALINE
STEPPED RECKONER
NAPIER'S BONE
ABACUS
Invented in 1642 by Biaise Pascal and it is thought to be the first mechanical and automated calculator
STEPPED RECKONER
ABACUS
DIFFERENCE ENGINE
PASCALINE
It was a digital mechanical calculator known as the stepped reckoner because it used fluted drums instead of gears
LEIBNIZ WHEEL
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
DIFFERENCE ENGINE
PASCALINE
It was the mechanical computer that Charles Babbage invented in the 1820s that could do basic computations
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
PASCALINE
DIFFERENCE ENGINE
TABULATING MACHINE
It was a mechanical computer that took input from punch cards & capable of solving any mathematical problem
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
DIFFERENCE ENGINE
ABACUS
PASCALINE
This machine in year 1890 which ultimately became International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924
MARK I
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
TABULATING MACHINE
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
This machine is made up of vacuum tubes that switch electrical impulses in order to do calculations
DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER
MARK I
TABULATING MACHINE
DIFFERENCE ENGINE
Machine that could conduct massive calculations or calculations using enormous numbers
TABULATING MACHINE
ANALYTICAL ENGINE
DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER
MARK I
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