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Computer science Ch 24

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When was the first commercially developed computer in operation?   1951  
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What was the name of the first commercial computer called??   UNIVAC  
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What was the first general purpose computer ran with?   vacuum tubes  
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What do modern day computer use to store data?   silicon chips  
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Everything about the computer that is visible?   hardware  
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A mouse or a touch pad are examples of what?   input hardware  
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Monitors and printers are examples of what?   output hardware  
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What are the fastest types of computers; they are also for weather forecasting and oil exploration?   supercomputers  
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What is an example of computer hardware?   keyboard  
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This type of computer is used in airlines, banks, and universities?   mainframe  
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______________ is responsible for data transferred from the main memory and the input and output hardware?   CPU central processing unit  
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What is the main circuit board of the computer?   motherboard  
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Name some common archival or secondary storage devices.   Tape, diskette, hard disk  
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This describes the smallest unit of measure, 0 or 1.   bit  
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Eight _____ make up a _______.   bits, byte  
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2 ___________ make a ________.   bytes, word  
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What is the oldest computer language for algebraic programs?   FORTRAN  
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What are some of the active storage components in a computer?   ROM, SRAM, DRAM  
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MAC, Windows, and Unix are common ______________.   operating systems  
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What program was invented to make a program easier to understand?   interpreter  
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What program is the most popular for teaching programming concepts?   Pascal  
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This program was developed for children?   LOGO  
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This program is what our US Department of Defense uses?   ADA  
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This program is used for spreadsheets and word processing?   Macros  
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This program was designed for coding business data processing problems?   COBOL  
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What is the name of the program that a computer uses when it is first turned on?   bootstrap  
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What are the 2 classifications of computer program?   system and application  
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This type of computer program is used for editing, implementing, and decoding?   QuickBASIC's  
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Convert the binary digits to a number. 10010   18  
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Convert the number 122 to a binary digit   1111010  
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