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The first _____ was built in 1774. a) telex machine b) abacus c) telephone d) telegraph machine
d) telegraph machine
In 1979, a _____ was named ADA. a) programming language b) computer c) prize for writing software d) robot
a) programming language
Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a company called _____. a ) Apple b) IBM c) Microsoft d) Atari
c) Microsoft
Time magazine’s ‘person of the year’ in 1982 was _____. a) Bill Gates b) Pong c) the PC d) Ada Lovelace
c) the PC
The first computer virus was called _____. a) Jerusalem b) Brain c) I love you d) Enigma
b) Brain
In the 1970s, Nolan Bushnell tried to make money from the game _____. a) Pong b) Manhunt c ) Star Trek d) Spacewar
d) Spacewar
Gary Kasparov played chess against Deep Blue and _____. a) Deep Thinker b) Deep Junior c) New Blue d) Colossus
b) Deep Junior
People can use ‘Aim’ software to _____. a) send messages instantly b) listen to music c) play games d) do difficult calculations
a) send messages instantly
The British teenager Alex Tew started the ‘_____ Dollar Homepage’. a) Hundred b) Million c) Billion d) Thousand
b) Million
Kyle Macdonald started trading on the Internet with a _____. a) pen b) house c) paperclip d) song
c) paperclip
The first computer program was written by _____. a) Ada Lovelace b) Charles Babbage c) Lord Byron d) Bill Gates
a) Ada Lovelace
The inventor, _____, built the Z1 in 1938 and wrote programs for it. a) Charles Babbage b) Alan Turing c) Ada Lovelace d) Konrad Zuse
d) Konrad Zuse
_____ helped to build a machine which could understand the Enigma code. a) Bill Gates b) Alan Turing c) Ada Lovelace d) Ed Roberts
b) Alan Turing
In the 1970s, _____ invented a computer called the Altair 8800 which people put together at home. a) Alan Turing b) John Gillatt c) Bill Gates d) Ed Roberts
d) Ed Roberts
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started the _____ Computer Company. a) Apple b) IBM c) Atari d) MFI
a) Apple
The Bill and _____ Gates Foundation helps poor people around the world. a) Sara b) Ada c) Melinda d) Maria
c) Melinda
