Archive through March 07, 2001

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Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:49 am Click here to edit this post

829 Ellison and Torvalds

Bearcatuc

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am Click here to edit this post

829 Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am Click here to edit this post

Question #830

Who was responsible for the term, computer bug?


Bill Gates
Robert Metcalfe
Linus Torvalds
Grace Hopper

Norwican

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am Click here to edit this post

829 Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Case

Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am Click here to edit this post

830 Torvalds

Norwican

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am Click here to edit this post

830 Robert Metcalfe

Bearcatuc

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am Click here to edit this post

830 Grace Hopper

Max

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:55 am Click here to edit this post

Grace Hopper rocked! I saw her speak at a conference years and years ago and she was awesome. Truly a pioneer in the industry. :)

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:56 am Click here to edit this post

still need 826 827

Question #828
Correct answer: Mainframes
The IBM System 360 was introduced in April 1964 and offered interchangeable software and hardware.


Point for Norwican!

Question #829
Correct Answer: Correct answer: Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark
Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark formed Netscape after Marc Andreesen had created the Internet browser known as Mosaic at the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1993.


Point for Bearcatuc!

Question #830
Correct answer: Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper found a moth in a computer, Mark I, that caused the computer to short out. The dead bug was removed and computer bug was the term given for any type of glitch (usually software error) that stopped a computer.


Point for Bearcatuc!

Max

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:59 am Click here to edit this post

826 William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain
827 TUring

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:01 am Click here to edit this post

Question #826
Correct answer: William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain
William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain invented the world´s first commercial transistor in 1951 while working for Bell Labs



Point for Max!

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am Click here to edit this post

Question #831

What does RAM stand for?


Real Awesome Memory
Read Access Memory
Random Access Memory
Read All Machines

Norwican

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am Click here to edit this post

827 Jack Kilby

Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am Click here to edit this post

831 Random Access Memory

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am Click here to edit this post

Question #832

What does ROM stand for?


Read Only Memory
Real Old Memory
Random Only Memory
Real Old Machine

Bearcatuc

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am Click here to edit this post

831 Random Access Memory

Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:04 am Click here to edit this post

832 Read Only Memory

Bearcatuc

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:04 am Click here to edit this post

832 Read Only Memory

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am Click here to edit this post

Question #833

What does CPU stand for?


Computer Parts Unlimited
Central Pentium Unit
Computer Processing Unit
Central Processing Unit

Norwican

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am Click here to edit this post

I'm getting that crazy error again

Norwican

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am Click here to edit this post

833 Central Processing Unit

Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:06 am Click here to edit this post

833 Computer Processing Unit

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:06 am Click here to edit this post

Question #827
Correct answer: Jack Kilby
Kilby developed the first industrial, commercial, and military applications for his integrated circuits while working for Texas Instruments that became the first pocket calculator. It was called the "Pocketronic."


Point for Norwican!

Noslonna

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:09 am Click here to edit this post

Question #834

Where might you find ROWS, Columns,and CELLS?


Web Page
Spreadsheet
Database
Word Processing

Wink

Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:10 am Click here to edit this post

834 Spreadsheet