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24 Cards in this Set
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Why did counting first begin and how did man count?
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For religious purposes and they would use their fingers and toes
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What and when was stonehenge?
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It was a circle of rocks used for religous reasons and as a calander in 2800bc
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Where does the Abacus come from?
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China
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Who were the three forefathers of computers?
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von Liebniz, babbage, pascal
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What was pascal known for?
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pasculine calculator and gear system
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Why was pascal's calculator not so good?
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he was the only one who could repair it and it was too expensive
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babbage is known for what?
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Difference engine
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what was the deal with the difference engine
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it was never built but it used repetition in 1822
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the hollerith tabulating machine was used for what and how and what did it become
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it used punch cards and was good for storage and it eventually became known as IBM
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What does IBM stand for
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International business machines
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What did Aiken create?
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the Harvard Mark 1
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What does Eniac stand for
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Electrical numerical integrator and computer
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how much space did eniac cover
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1800 sq ft
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what is edvac and what was its significance
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electronical discrete variable automatic computor and it has a program inside the comp.
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what were two advances?
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Transitors in 1947 and integrated circuits which allowed the placement of many transitors
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When did intel release the first microprossesor
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1971
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what is a microprocessor
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specialized integrated circut
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what does basic stand for
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beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code
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PC in?
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1981
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Apple 11 in?
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1977
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apple 111
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1980
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lisa in
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1983
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macintosh
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1984
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the web requires what?
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A Server
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