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When was the first computer made? Answer: 1940s, spurred by WWII When was the first commercial computer made? Answer: 1951 When was the first personal computer made? Answer: Apple - 1976/77 IBM - 1981 language generations Answer: 1 - Machine language 2 - a...

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When was the first computer made? Answer: 1940s, spurred by WWII



When was the first commercial computer made? Answer: 1951



When was the first personal computer made? Answer: Apple - 1976/77

IBM - 1981



language generations Answer: 1 - Machine language

2 - assembler

3 - Fortram, COBOL



Identify parts of a mobo on a diagram Answer: - RAM

- Peripheral cards

- CPU

- Power supply plugin

- CMOS battery

- SATA ports



Identify different ports on the back Answer: - USBs

- Sound

- Video

- HDMI

, - VGA

- DVI

- LAN port



GUI vs non-GUI Answer: GUI - Interface that enables user to interact with computer graphically, by
using a mouse or other pointing device to manipulate icons that represent programs or documents,
instead of using only text as in early interfaces



non-GUI - No mouse, no color, black background with white or orange letters)



32 bit vs 64 bit Answer: Hardware drivers are specific to the OS version (32-bit/64-bit)

32-bit OS cannot run 64-bit apps

64-bit OS can run both 32-bit and 64-bit apps



Purpose of an OS Answer: - OS intereacts with an application

- A go-between between hardware and the applications that a user uses



Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte, Gigabyte, Terabyte Answer: Bit = single 1 or 0

8 bits = byteB

1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte KB

1000 KB = 1 megabyte MB

1000 MB = 1 gigabyte GB

1000 GB = 1 terabyte TB

1000 TB = 1 petabyte PB



1024 bytes Answer: 1024 unique addressable cells in RAM

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