The _______ model is the basis for today’s computers.

Leibnitz
von Neumann
Pascal
Charles Babbage

In a computer, the _______ subsystem stores data and programs.

ALU
input/output
memory
control unit

In a computer, the _______ subsystem performs calculations and

logical operations.
ALU
input/output
memory
control unit

In a computer, the _______ subsystem accepts data and pro-

grams and sends processing results to output devices.
ALU
input/output
memory
control unit

In a computer, the _______ subsystem serves as a manager of

the other subsystems.
ALU
input/output
memory
 control unit

According to the von Neumann model, _______ are stored in

memory.
only data
only programs
data and programs
neither data nor programs

A step-by-step solution to a problem is called _______.

hardware
an operating system
a computer language
an algorithm

FORTRAN and COBOL are examples of _______.

hardware
operating systems
computer languages
algorithms

A 17th-century computing machine that could perform addition

and subtraction was the _______.
Pascaline
Jacquard loom
Analytical Engine
Babbage machine

_______ is a set of instructions in a computer language that tells

the computer what to do with data.
An operating system
 An algorithm
A data processor
A program

_______ is the design and writing of a program in structured

form.
Software engineering
Hardware engineering
Algorithm development
Instructional architecture

The first electronic special-purpose computer was called

_______.
Pascal
Pascaline
ABC
ENIAC

One of the first computers based on the von Neumann model

was called _______.
Pascal
Pascaline
ABC
EDVAC

The first computing machine to use the idea of storage and pro-
gramming was called _______.
the Madeline
EDVAC
the Babbage machine
the Jacquard loom
_______ separated the programming task from computer opera-
tion tasks.
Algorithms
Data processors
High-level programming languages
Operating systems