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This document provides information about several important innovators in computing history. It discusses that Ed Roberts developed the Altair, the first personal computer. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented the first Apple Computer. Marcia Hoff invented the microprocessor which drastically changed computing. Other innovators mentioned include Doug Engelbart who invented the mouse, hypermedia, and multiple windows. J.C.R. Licklider envisioned a network of computers and the concept of man-computer symbiosis. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the language of hypertext markup language (HTML). Bill Gates became interested in computing at age 13 and believed computers would be valuable desktop tools.

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Innovators in Computing Hunt

This document provides information about several important innovators in computing history. It discusses that Ed Roberts developed the Altair, the first personal computer. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented the first Apple Computer. Marcia Hoff invented the microprocessor which drastically changed computing. Other innovators mentioned include Doug Engelbart who invented the mouse, hypermedia, and multiple windows. J.C.R. Licklider envisioned a network of computers and the concept of man-computer symbiosis. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the language of hypertext markup language (HTML). Bill Gates became interested in computing at age 13 and believed computers would be valuable desktop tools.

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Innovators in Computing

Hunt
1. Bell invented the phone. Edison invented the light
bulb. The Altair was the first personal computer. Who
developed it?
Answer: Ed Roberts
2. Name the Steve who invented the first Apple
Computer.
Answer: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
3. Marcia ted Hoffs invention drastically changed
computing. What did he invent?
Answer: The Microprocessor
4. Doug Engelbart has invented many things that make
computing easier for us. Name three.
Answer: The Mouse, Hypermedia and Multiple
Windows
5. A revolutionary in thinking about computers, he
believed in Man Computer Symbiosis. He also
envisioned a network of computers around the world.
Name him.
Answer: J.C.R.Licklider
6. In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a new language. You
probably cannot speak it or write it. Yet you use it all
the time. What is that language?

Answer: Hypertext markup language


7. At what age did Bill Gates become interested in
computing?
Answer: 13 9.
8. What was Bill Gatess early vision of computing?
Answer: A belief that the computer would be a
valuable tool on every office desktop and in every
home
9. Your keyboard has its roots in the Typewriter which
was invented by?
Answer: Christopher Latham Sholes
10.
In 1958, William Higinbotham wrote a program
that was an interactive display for guests at
Brookhaven National Laboratory. What was it called?
Answer: Tennis for Two
11.
It was probably the first what?
Answer: Computer game
12.
She is credited with being the first computer
programmer. Name her. Use your Internet research
skills to ascertain the answer. Answer: Ada
Lovelace
13.
Grace Murray Hopper invented the first
computer compiler. What does she say about
information and knowledge?
Answer: "We're flooding people with information. We
need to feed it through a processor. A human must
turn information into intelligence or knowledge.

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever


ask a new question."
14.
In Oct. 1982, the first CD player hit the shelves.
Who came up with the idea for cds?
Answer: James T RussellVinton
15.
Gray Cerf has played a vital role in the
development of?
Answer: The internet
16.
Vinton Gray Cerfs role was so important he is
called?
Answer: The father of the internet
17.
How was the Homebrew Computer Club
important?
Answer: It brought together some of the best
computer in Computing history.
18.
In 1977, Dennis C. Hayes invented a computer
component that is essential to computer
communication. What did he invent.? What does his
device do?The PC Modem: The modem converts
analog and digital signals allowing computers to
speak across telephone lines (enabling internet
access)
19.
Scott E. Fahlman developed something to smile
about. What is it?
Answer: The smiley face in text

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