Digital Time Line Grade Review Sheet

The test will be a mix of definitions (who did what), essay questions, and multiple choice questions. There will be 25 questions total. You need to know:

• What was going on in history that man suddenly had a need to start developing new calculating devices such as the Pascaline.
• Be able to match up the following inventors with their inventions:
  • Pascal
  • Napier
  • Jacquard
  • Babbage
  • Hollerith
  • Jack Kilby
  • Doug Engelbart
  • Alan Turing
  • Bill Gates & Paul Allen
  • Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak
  • Tom Watson

• Have a general idea of the order in which things were invented (Example: The Analytic Engine was before the ENIAC)
• Have an idea of the limitations of some of the calculating devices (Example: Slide rules could not add or subtract)
• Know the benefits and drawbacks to:
  • Vacuum Tubes
  • Abacus
  • Slide rules
  • ENIAC

Material will come from the 3 digital time lines (and the handouts that went with them), the Early History Handout, and the class lectures.