Question

1. State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’:

a. Abacus is the first calculating device developed in China.
b. Napier’s Bone was based on the principle of logarithm.
c. Slide Rule was the first analog device invented by William Oughtred.
d. Charles Babbage invented the Pascaline in 1642 A.D.
e. Tabulating Machine was used in census of Nepal in 2028 B.S.
f. Mark I was the first electromechanical computer which was completed in
1937 A.D.
g. UNIVAC I was the first general purpose electronic digital computer for
commercial users.

Answer 1

Answer:

a)f b) t c) f d) t e)f f) t g) t

Answer 2

Answer:

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. True

5. False

6.True

7. True

ENIAC

On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the world's first commercially produced electronic digital computer. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.

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