LESSON 02 – EARLY HISTORY OF COMPUTERS (BEFORE 2000)

LESSON WORK

QUESTION #1

What do the following abbreviations stand for? (You will likely have to do some research on the internet to get some of your answers.)

a) IBM _____________________________

b) BASIC _____________________________

c) DOS _____________________________

d) PC _____________________________

e) MHz _____________________________

f) MIT _____________________________

QUESTION #2

Define the following terms using the internet if necessary:

a) backwards compatible

b) graphical user interface

c) pc compatible

d) Megahertz

e) Gigahertz

QUESTION #3

List three companies that have had a major impact on the history of computers. In one sentence, explain what their role has been (or continues to be).

QUESTION #4
Get several CPUs from our hardware storage. Identify each one and place them in order of market release date.