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JAMB Computer Studies questions: Evolution of computing

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All topicsAlgorithms and flowcharts · 18Application packages · 21Computer hardware and the CPU · 20Computer networks and the internet · 22Computer security, ethics and safety · 18Data processing and information · 18Evolution of computing · 19Input and output devices · 18Logic gates and Boolean algebra · 18Memory and storage devices · 21Number systems and data representation · 23Programming languages and BASIC · 21Software and operating systems · 20

  1. Question 1· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Which generation of computers introduced integrated circuits (ICs)?

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  2. Question 2· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    The abacus is an early

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  3. Question 3· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Charles Babbage is called the father of the computer because he designed the

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  4. Question 4· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    John Napier's 'bones' were a device used for

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  5. Question 5· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Computers of the third generation used chips containing many transistors, called

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  6. Question 6· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    A computer used to control fuel injection in a car is an example of

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  7. Question 7· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Ada Lovelace is often regarded as the first

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  8. Question 8· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Joseph Jacquard's loom used punched cards to

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  9. Question 9· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    A computer that processes continuously varying physical quantities is

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  10. Question 10· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Napier's bones were an early aid for

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  11. Question 11· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    The World Wide Web was invented by

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  12. Question 12· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Ada Lovelace is often described as

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  13. Question 13· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    The slide rule works on the principle of

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  14. Question 14· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Fifth-generation computers are associated mainly with

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  15. Question 15· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Computers built around microprocessors belong to the

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  16. Question 16· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    The first commercial microprocessor, the 4004, was introduced in 1971 by

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  17. Question 17· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    UNIVAC I is notable as

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  18. Question 18· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    First-generation computers were built with

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  19. Question 19· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    UNIVAC I is remembered as the first computer

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