Response to text: Computers pt.2

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 O) 11110110 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	Mechanical means a device that is operated by a Machine	My chromebook is Mechinaical.
complex	consisting of many different and connected parts.	My new phone is a very nice complex phone.
coding	the process of assigning a code to something	I use scratch to code my own animation.

 

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

 

→Computers will be virtual and will float in the air so you won’t have to hold it.