CSC 101
Date: 9/16/11 Name: Temre Ball
Student ID: 202008222
Multiple Choice Section: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14
Review Questions Section: 1, 10
Discussion Questions: 1, 7
Projects Section: 3
Assignment: 1
2. Yes, I think there is much that can be self
taught, but to really know how to fully utilize the
computer’s technology, and get the maximum
benefit from it, students need to take several
courses in computer science.
Semiconductors and microprocessors
According to the History of Computers on Wikipedia.org: Computers using vacuum
tubes as their electronic elements were in use throughout the 1950s, but by the 1960s
had been largely replaced by transistor-based machines, which were smaller, faster,
cheaper to produce, required less power, and were more reliable. The first transistorized
computer was demonstrated at the University of Manchester in 1953. In the
1970s, integrated circuit technology and the subsequent creation of microprocessors, such as
the Intel 4004, further decreased size and cost and further increased speed and reliability of
computers. By the late 1970s, many products such as video recorders contained dedicated computers
called microcontrollers, and they started to appear as a replacement to mechanical controls in
domestic appliances such as washing machines. The 1980s witnessed home computers and the now
ubiquitous personal computer. With the evolution of the Internet, personal computers are becoming as
common as the television and the telephone in the household.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
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No.# Multiple choice
1 D
4 C
5 B
6 B
8 D
9 B
12 E
14 C
Discussion Questions
1. When people talk about the information age, it is most
likely that they are referring to this age of technology and
global information sharing due to the creation and
continual development of the world wide web, through
which the entire world is becoming connected and thus
information and knowledge is abounding, which is causing
a societal paradigm shift, broadening our cultural
experience and changing the reality of the entire human
species.
Review Questions
1. When I drive my Car, heating or cooling my
home, checking my and finding just the thing I
have been looking for on sale somewhere email
2. Programmability and function.