COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This invention was 1, 000 times faster than any machine built before it. It was so big that it could fill up a house.
A
APPLE I
B
ENIAC
C
WINDOWS
D
Z3
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Reliability was an issue, since Colossus used some 1, 500 tubes and ENIAC on the order of 18, 000. But ENIAC was, by virtue of its electronic realization, 1, 000 times faster than the Harvard Mark I. Such speed meant that the machine could perform calculations that were theretofore beyond human ability.

Detailed explanation-2: -ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the world’s first general-purpose computer. ENIAC was designed and built for the United States Army to calculate artillery firing tables.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are examples of first-generation computingdevices.

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