3. Write ‘T’ for true and F’for false for the following
i. Charles Babbage invented ENIAC and UNIAC.
ii. First generation computers used vacuum tubes.
iii. Second generation computers used transistor.
iv. ABC was the first digital electronic computer.
Answer:
I.False
ii.True
iii.True
iv.True
Answer:
1) F
2) T
3) T
4) F
Explanation:
1) F —– 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. These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today’s digital computers.
4) F —- Presper Eckert, Jr., John William Mauchly, and their associates at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania invent the first electronic digital computer (called the ENIAC) during the years 1943-1946, or was the ENIAC based on the prior invention of a small, special-purpose vacuum .