Video Questions - The Creation of Computers
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What are the physical parts of a computer, the parts you can touch called?
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Instructions that tell the computer what to do are called:
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The CPU or Central Processing Unit is sometimes called the computer's _____________.
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IN the past, what was the job title for people who did mathematical calculations for tables?
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What did Charles Babbage call his early mechanical calculator?
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How were instructions feed into Charles Babbage's calculating machine?
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Herman Hollereth became involved in solving what giant mathematical problem in 1890?
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Herman Hollereth's Tabulating Machine Company eventually became what company which is still around today?
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During World War II the word ENIGMA referred to:
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What British machine was designed to break codes during World War II?
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By 1943 there was a critical shortage of what in the United States?
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How much money did the U.S. Army put towards the construction of the computer in Philadelphia?
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What was the name of the early electronic computer that was built in Philadelphia during World War II?
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Who wrote the very important paper about computer design right after World War II?
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In March of 1951 the first commercial computer, called the __________ was delivered.
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Tom Watson Jr., the leader of the IBM Corporation, forced his company to develop ___________ in the 1950's.
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What break through invention at the Bell Labs made it possible for computers to get much smaller?
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In 1969 the most powerful computers in the world were used for what project?
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Ted Hoth of the Intel Corporation had come up with an ingenious idea that became the first:
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