History of Computing - Answers

Using search engines available on the internet, find the answers to the following questions.

  1. Which companies marketed computers for home use in 1977?

  2. What year did IBM market a personal computer?

  3. In what year did Intel introduce and patent the single chip microprocessor?

    What was the patent number for the single chip microprocessor?

  4. ENIAC is an acronym for one of the early computers. What does ENIAC stand for?

  5. What company gave computing the inventions of the graphical user interface and the mouse?

    Who is credited with the invention of the mouse?

  6. Moving from second generation computers, based on vacuum tubes, was made possible by an invention from Bell Labs. What was the invention?

    In what year did the production of these items commence?

  7. What year did IBM first market a personal computer?

    What was the maximum RAM available on IBM's initial PC offering?

  8. Who did Time magazine declare Man of the Year in 1982?

  9. A particular application, developed for the Apple II product line, demonstrated the potential home computers had for the workplace. What was that "killer app"?

  10. Which executive from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) stated emphatically
    "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
    leading to the downfall of DEC which was the world's second leading computer manufacturer at the time?

  11. What is Moore's Law?

  12. Who proposed the idea of stored programs for early computers?

  13. How was ENIAC programmed?

  14. What was the first full-length feature film created entirely by computer animation?

  15. In what year did IBM sell its first electronic computer?