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All computers take in information which, in computer terminology, is known as:
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The early machine that could be programmed with punched cards to carry out repetitive calculations was known as a(n):
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Information that computers give out.
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| Modern computers are general-purpose tools, not specialized devices. ____ are primarily responsible for this diversity. |
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What controls the process of what happens to the input that enters the computer until it becomes output?
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The physical components of the computer are known as:
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Two computer terms that are synonymous and used interchangeably are:
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The real power, flexibility, and functionality of a computer is in the:
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| When a user writes a term paper on a computer, a(n) ____________ is controlling what the hardware does. |
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The first computers were designed to:
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perform repetitive calculations and tasks.
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| The first general-purpose commercial computer was known as the: |
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| In the late 1940s and 1950s, what invention helped computers become more widely used by businesses, as well as in science and engineering? |
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| What invention, developed in 1948, replaced vacuum tubes? |
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Due to a need for smaller and more powerful computers, the ___________ was invented and replaced the transistor-based computers by the mid-1960s.
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The name of the rule or law that predicted the power of silicon chips (the CPU) would double about every 18 months is:
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The invention of the ___________ has had the greatest impact on computers.
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____________ developed the microprocessor.
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