Exam 14: the History of the Personal Computer

The 5.25 floppy disk was a significant advancement because ________.

The ________ computer introduced in 1975 had no keyboard or monitor and used switches on the front to enter data and lights on the front to display results.

The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first to use ________ instead of mechanical switches.

The Osborne was the first ________ computer.

The first personal computer to come to the market in 1975 was the ________.

Each of the following are examples of Spreadsheet applications, EXCEPT ________.

Who invented the first accurate mechanical calculator?

The UNIVAC identified Dwight D. Eisenhower as the winner of the 1952 US Presidential race.

VisiCalc was the first ________ application.

John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz revolutionized programming by developing the ________ programming language in 1964.

Bell Telephone Laboratories invented the ________, which replaced the vacuum tube.

Which invention replaced vacuum tubes in computers?

Bill Gates developed the ________ operating system for IBM PCs in 1980.

Virtually All PCs with Intel chipsets ran ________ by the early 80s.

The Jacquard loom used holes punched in stiff ________ to make complex designs in fabric.

Grace Hopper gets credit for coining a common computing term by ________.

The ________ was the first portable computer.

The ________ was the first computer to use magnetic tape instead of punch cards.

Prior to the IBM PC, IBM primarily made ________.