Computer History Trivia

1.Question: When was the first computer invented?

Answer: 1943.
2. Question: What was the name of the first computer invented?

Answer: Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).

3. Question: Who is known as the father of computers?

Answer: Charles Babbage.

4. Question: What was the first computer system that used color display?

Answer: Apple 1.

5. Question: What was the first mass-produced computer?

Answer: IBM 650.

6. Question: When was the first 1 GB disk drive released in the world?

Answer: 1980.

7. Question: What was the name of the first computer programmer?

Answer: Ada Lovelace.

8. Question: Who is called the inventor of the first modern electronic computer?

Answer: Konrad Zuse.

9. Question: How many generations of computers have been invented?

Answer: Five generations.

10. Question: Which popular company designed the first CPU?

Answer: Intel Corporations.

11. Question: What is the name of the first automatic electronic digital computer?

Answer: Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC).

Computer Parts Trivia

12. Question: What does 'CD-ROM' stands for?

Answer: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

 13. Question: Which computer hardware device performs the functions like click, point, drag, or select.

Answer: Mouse.

14. Question: What is the computer's main circuit board called?

Answer: Motherboard.

15. Question: What is the name of the system that manages and programs hardware resources for a
computer?

Answer: Operating System.

16. Question: Which information storage is used to store short-term running programs and data in a
computer?

Answer: RAM (Random Access Memory).

17. Question: Which input device is used to enter letters, numbers, and other characters into a computer?

Answer: Keyboard.

18. Question: Which output device is used to display information in visual pictorial form?

Answer: Monitor.

19. Question: Which part of the computer fetches, decodes, and executes the programming instructions?

Answer: CPU (Central Processing Unit).

20. Question: What is the name of the device that performs both input and output functions in a computer?

Answer: Modem.

21. Question: 'Laser', 'Dot Matrix' and 'Inkjet' are types of which output computer device?

Answer: Printer.

22. Question: What is the full form of UPS?

Answer: Uninterruptible Power Supply.

Computer Companies Trivia

23. Question: Popular computer brands like Apple, Dell and Microsoft started their offices from
which place?

Answer: A garage.

24. Question: Which two people co-founded Apple Inc. in 1977?

Answer: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

 25. Question: What is the name of the first operating system designed by Microsoft?

Answer: MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System).

26. Question: Which computer company invented the first floppy disks, hard disk drives, and DRAMS?

Answer: IBM.

27. Question: Who are the founders of HP?

Answer: William Hewlett and David Packard.

28. Question: Who is currently the CEO of Microsoft?

Answer: Satya Nadella.

29. Question: What is the name of Apple's desktop operating system?

Answer: Mac OS.

30. Question: Which is the single most popular computer system ever sold?

Answer: Commodore 64.

31. Question: What was the name of the first IBM computer?

Answer: IBM 5150.

32. Question: Which company invented the USB port?

Answer: Intel Corporations.

33. Question: What is the full-form of famous computer company IBM?

Answer: International Business Machines.

Computer Software Trivia

34. Question: What type of application is MS-Word?

Answer: Word-processor.

35. Question: 'Firefox', 'Chrome', and 'Safari' are what type of computer software?

Answer: Web browser.

36. Question: In what type of application we can add slides, text, images, graphics, and videos?

Answer: Presentation software.

37. Question: '.xls' is a file extension used in which application?

Answer: MS Excel
38. Question: What application programs are used to organize, store, and modify data in computers?

Answer: Database Management Systems.

39. Question: Which programs are used to translate high-level language into a machine language code?

Answer: Programming language translators, assemblers, compilers, and interpreters.

40. Question: 'Adobe Photoshop' and 'PaintShop Pro' are examples of which type of applications?

Answer: Graphics software.

41. Question: What type of applications are available to users on a trial basis only for a limited period of
time?

Answer: Shareware.

42. Question: What type of computer applications have an intersecting area called cells and can perform
calculations with formulas and functions?

Answer: Spreadsheet.

43. Question: 'VLC media player' and 'Windows media player' are what type of programs?

Answer: Multimedia.

44. Question: What type of applications are available with a source code to modify and add features to it?

Answer: Opensource applications.

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