Exam 11: Electronic Brains and Global Villages

The earliest, rudimentary personal computers were built by

Which of the following is not a precursor to the modern personal computer?

Which company dominated the mainframe computer market?

One of the main factors allowing the development of personal computers was the decline in the price of their component parts.

The earliest computers were __________.

__________ used a semiconductor crystal to run computers.

One of the earliest real-time computers was SAGE, which was developed to run

The Internet began as a project of the Department of Defense.

The earliest computers were __________, meaning that they had to be specially built to perform a specific calculation.

Browsers, which made the World Wide Web possible, were created by __________.

The first digital electronic calculator was created to break German codes in World War II.

Most of the innovations in personal computers were developed by government funded projects.

The secret to making computers work rapidly was using a __________ number system.

16 Transistors are the basis of electronic chips.

Modems, which allowed computers to connect via telephone lines, were invented by

The first computers emerged in the

__________ of technology allowed cell phones to become smartphones.

Both personal computers and the internet were spin-offs of military technology.

SAGE was developed and run entirely by the federal government.

Amateurs have played a significant role in the development of electronic communication technology.