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JAMB and WAEC Computer Studies questions: Evolution of computing

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All topicsAlgorithms and flowcharts · 39Application packages · 46Computer hardware and the CPU · 41Computer networks and the internet · 45Computer security, ethics and safety · 40Data processing and information · 40Evolution of computing · 42Input and output devices · 40Logic gates and Boolean algebra · 39Memory and storage devices · 44Number systems and data representation · 47Programming languages and BASIC · 43Software and operating systems · 42

  1. Question 1· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Second-generation computers used

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  2. Question 2· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    Which generation of computers introduced integrated circuits (ICs)?

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  3. Question 3· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Compared with first-generation machines, transistor-based computers were

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  4. Question 4· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Blaise Pascal invented an early

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  5. Question 5· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The device that used holes in cards to control weaving patterns was the

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  6. Question 6· Evolution of computing· JAMB

    The abacus is an early

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  7. Question 7· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The first general-purpose fully electronic computer was the

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  8. Question 8· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Joseph Jacquard's loom is important in computing history because it used

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  9. Question 9· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    ENIAC was an early

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  10. Question 10· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The microprocessor is the main feature of

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  11. Question 11· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is regarded as an early design for a

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  12. Question 12· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The first generation of computers used

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  13. Question 13· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The abacus is

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  14. Question 14· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Fourth-generation computers are based on

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  15. Question 15· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    The abacus is an early device used for

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  16. Question 16· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Ada Lovelace is often described as the first

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  17. Question 17· Evolution of computing· JAMB

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

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  18. Question 18· Evolution of computing· WAEC

    Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine was used for the

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  19. Question 19· Evolution of computing· JAMB

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

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  20. Question 20· Evolution of computing· JAMB

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

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