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Topic1:EvolutionofComputer.
Ch-1:HistoryofComputers
SolvedExercise. Class-5
A.Choosethecorrectoptionandfillintheblanks.
1.___CharlesBabbage_______isknownasthefatherofcomputer.
a)BlaisePascal b)CharlesBabbage c)JohnNapier
2.__VacuumTubes_technologywasusedinthefirstgenerationcomputer.
a)ICs b)VLSICs c)VacuumTubes
3.ThefifthgenerationcomputerswillbebasedonAI(ArtificialIntelligence)
a)Transistors b)AI c)IC
4.___Second_generationcomputerusedtransistors.
a)Firstb)Second c)Third
B.Matchthefollowing:
1)ENIAC i)FifthGeneration (5)
2)IBM360 ii)FourthGeneration(4)
3)UNIVACIII iii)ThirdGeneration(2)
4)AppleII iv)SecondGeneration(3)
5)ArtificialIntelligence v)FirstGeneration(1)
C.Namethegenerationthesecomputerbelongsto:
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D.Answerthequestions:-
1.WhatisanAbacus?
Ans.Abacusisconsideredasthefirstcalculatingdevicethatwasdevelopedaround5000yearsagoin
China.Itwasmadeupofwoodenframewithrods.Eachhavingbeads.Simplecalculationslike
additionorsubtractioncouldbeperformedusingthisdevice.
2.WhoinventedtheSteppedReckoner?
Ans.TheSteppedReckonerwasinventedbyGottfriedWilhelmLeibniz.
3.Whichtechnologywasusedinfirstandsecondgenerationcomputers?
Ans.VacuumTubestechnologywasusedinfirstgenerationcomputers.Transistorstechnologywasusedin
secondgenerationcomputers.
4.Namesomeofthecomputerdevelopedduringthethirdandfourthgeneration?
Ans.SomecomputersofthethirdgenerationareIBM-360,ICL-1900andUNIVAC-900.
SomecomputersofthefourthgenerationareMITSAltiar,AppleII,iBM-PCandCRAY-1.
5.Writeanytwocharacteristicsofthecomputer?
Ans.Twocharacteristicsofthecomputerarei)HighSpeed andii)Accuracy.
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