Response To Text Computers Pt 2

For this task i had to read an article about this topic and I had to answer questions about it.  i found this really interesting to do.

Computers Pt. 2

Highlight the correct answer, or type in what you think is correct.

 

1. What is the name of the inventor of the first computer?

 

1. a) Charlie Babbage 
2. b) Charles Cabbage
3. c) Charlie Cabbage
4. d) Charles Babbage

 

2. In the first electronic computers, what were the electronic switching devices called? 

 

1. a) Vacuum Cleaners        b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes     d) Microprocessors

 

3. What is the language of 1s and 0s that computers are able to understand called?

 

1. a) English           b) Javascript
2. c) Binary Code d) None of the above

 

4. Rearrange the letters of DOG in binary code to read GOD? Put the Binary Code below

 

→ G 01100111 /0 1111010 /D 00100110

 

5. True or False: The first electronic computers cost millions of dollars.

 

1. a) True b) False

 

6. Which piece of hardware made personal computers possible, and more affordable in the 1960s?

 

1. a) CPUs b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes d) Motherboards

 

WORD	DEFINITION	YOUR OWN SENTENCE
mechanical	Operated by a machine or machinery.	The plane was delayed due to mechanical problems.
complex	Consisting of many and different parts.	Some Machines are complex.
coding	The process of assigning a code to something for classification.	I use scratch to code.

 

8. Explain: What do you think computers of the future will be like? What will be different from our computers now?

→ I think that computers of the future will be very cool and will probably be more powerful than now and I think that they will be more different from our computers now because in the future it could be more different.