[the computing quiz]
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1. According to the computing essay, the definition of computing is...
The act of exchanging information in the form of numbers only.
Counting the stars.
The act of exchanging information in the form of words only.
The act of exchanging information in the form of words, numbers, or both.

2. Charles Babbage invented what machine?
The T.V.
The Pentium III processor.
The Analytical Engine.
The Loom.

3. The first true machine to compute for man was created in what year?
1623   1500   1865   1999

4. The Mark I calculating machine was built by which corporation?
Intel   IBM   AT&T   Microsoft  

5. ENIAC came out in what year?
1400   1940   1945   1981

6. UNIVAC was ENIAC successor, but UNIVAC became obsolete by what invention?
The phone   The OC-12 line   A resistor   A transistor

7. Which company successfully created a processor in the 1970s that could be put in a PC?
Intel   Digital   IBM   Motorola

8. The Intel 8080 processor was packed onto a .45micron piece of silicon.
True   False

9. Today's PIII processors are packed onto an .18micron piece of silicon.
True   False

10. Computers in the future will be able to do which of the following?
Map global weather patterns.
Sequence the entire human DNA structure.
Control 300 satellites.
All of the above.



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