Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:49 am  829 Ellison and Torvalds |
Bearcatuc | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am  829 Marc Andreesen and Jim Clark |
Noslonna | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am  Question #830 Who was responsible for the term, computer bug? Bill Gates Robert Metcalfe Linus Torvalds Grace Hopper
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Norwican | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:50 am  829 Tim Berners-Lee and Steve Case |
Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am  830 Torvalds |
Norwican | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am  830 Robert Metcalfe |
Bearcatuc | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:51 am  830 Grace Hopper |
Max | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 10:55 am  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  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  826 William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain 827 TUring |
Noslonna | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:01 am  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  Question #831 What does RAM stand for? Real Awesome Memory Read Access Memory Random Access Memory Read All Machines
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Norwican | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am  827 Jack Kilby |
Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am  831 Random Access Memory |
Noslonna | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am  Question #832 What does ROM stand for? Read Only Memory Real Old Memory Random Only Memory Real Old Machine
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Bearcatuc | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:03 am  831 Random Access Memory |
Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:04 am  832 Read Only Memory |
Bearcatuc | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:04 am  832 Read Only Memory |
Noslonna | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am  Question #833 What does CPU stand for? Computer Parts Unlimited Central Pentium Unit Computer Processing Unit Central Processing Unit
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Norwican | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am  I'm getting that crazy error again  |
Norwican | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:05 am  833 Central Processing Unit |
Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:06 am  833 Computer Processing Unit |
Noslonna | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:06 am  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  Question #834 Where might you find ROWS, Columns,and CELLS? Web Page Spreadsheet Database Word Processing
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Wink | Wednesday, March 07, 2001 - 11:10 am  834 Spreadsheet |