Q. The first large scale electronic computer which became operational in 1946 and contained approximately 18000 vacuum tubes and could perform 300 multiplications per second was known as

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Q. "The three most important inventions of this century are the nuclear bomb, the high yield hybrid speed, and the computer". Can you name the person who made this statement?

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Q. What is the name of the earliest calculating machine which was based on concepts found in modern computers but was unfortunately never built?

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Q. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

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Q. Who built the world's first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?

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Q. Which was the first computer to use transistors instead of vacuum tubes?

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Q. In which year was the PC voted 'The Machine of the Year's by the American Time magazine?

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Q. The computers that we use are digital whereas we live in an analog world which means that we have to translate analog data into digital data. What is the name of the circuit which helps us in this conversion?

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Q. In 1830, Charles Babbage disigned a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibited?

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Q. The first movie with terrific computer animation and graphics was released in 1982. What was its name?

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Q. When was the world's first laptop computer introduced in the market and by whom?

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Q. The IC was invented at Texas instruments in year 1958 by

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Q. Which 8-bit chip was used in many of Tandy's TRS-80 computers?

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Q. The first computer used to store a program

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Q. The first mechanical calculator was invented in

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Q. Which of the following is also known as SOROBAN

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Q. Which of the following machines are characterised by electronic tube circuitry, delay line, rotating or electrostatic memory.

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Q. The earliest device that qualifies as a digital computer is

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Q. The first IBM PC did not have any

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Q. Which was the world's first minicomputer and when was it introduced?

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