Computing Devices (Pre-Computer Age To 19th Century) - SS1 ICT Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What is an abacus?
A mechanical calculator
A weaving loom
A punch card machine
An early computer
Which computing device used logarithmic scales for calculations?
Abacus
Slide rule
Napier's Bones
Analytical Engine
Who is credited with inventing the slide rule?
John Napier
Blaise Pascal
Charles Babbage
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
What did Napier's Bones simplify?
Division operations
Multiplication operations
Addition operations
Subtraction operations
The Pascal Calculator was designed to perform which operations?
Multiplication and division
Addition and subtraction
Logarithmic calculations
Weaving patterns
The Leibniz Multiplier used which mechanisms for its calculations?
Stepped drums and gears
Punch cards
Logarithmic scales
Beads on rods
What feature of the Jacquard loom laid the foundation for future computing systems?
Mechanical gears
Punch cards for control
Levers for calculations
Slide rule mechanism
Who is often referred to as the "father of the computer"?
John Napier
Blaise Pascal
Charles Babbage
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Which computing device conceptualized by Charles Babbage had features resembling modern computers?
Slide rule
Analytical Engine
Napier's Bones
Pascal Calculator
What was the primary purpose of the Hollerith Census Machine?
Arithmetic calculations
Tabulating census data
Weaving patterns
Mechanical division
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