Wednesday, October 8, 2014

True or False

1. The first computer programmer was a woman - False
Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer. She was also an English mathematician and writer who lived in England.
2. The first computer was built in 1975 - True
The first computer was built in 1910, started by Henry Babbage, and finished off by his son Charles Babbage.
3. Apple made the worlds first user friendly personal computer - True
Apple's first user friendly computer was built in 1977. The task was done by Steve Wozniak.
4. Binary numbers are counted by two's - False
The binary number system is the simplest positional number system. Only using the numbers 0 and 1, it was established in 1679.
5. A notebook computer is the same as a laptop computer - True
A notebook computer is battery powered and is usually smaller than a briefcase. It was created by Alan Kay in the 1970's.
6. Computers come in only three sizes: desktop, notebook, and tablet - False
Computers come in a total of four sizes. Those include desktops, notebooks, tablets, and phones.
7. All PC's use the Microsoft windows operating system - False
Microsoft isn't the only operating system. There is Linux, Java, Fedora, Chrome, etc. You can not use Apple stuff on a PC. 
8. People with a lot of data often own their own main frame computer - True

Main frame computers are mainly used by corporate and governmental organizations.They're used for processing, planning, statistics, etc.
9. Most modern super computers are made up of clusters of computers - True
A super computer is a particularly powerful mainframe computer. They were introduced in the 1960's.

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