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4sp8wk-2024 _page 1 Assignment 1 – chapter 1-- Use OFFICE 365 in completing assignments . Answer the 9 questions in this original document in the space “Click here to enter text” . Use a regular windows laptop with the Office 365 app or a MacBook with the Office 365 app. Save this document as: Assignment1 _ yourname.docx on your device as a WORD document. Enter your name in the space provided . Submit in Assignment 1 of Module 1. Must be submitted as WORD document, not some other format. Enter your name : Trista Lindler 1. (10 points) The first question is a simple, but important one. Its purpose is to verify that you are active in the course and to gather some contact information. If you answer with the correct information, you will be given full credit for this question, but you must answer both parts of this question to receive credit. a. Please list a contact phone number where you can be reached. Do not list a number that is no longer working. If you do not have a number, respond with “ no contact number ”. 803-605-7715 b. Students in this class have a USC email address. Please list your complete email address that you have updated in your Blackboard User Account . This item is in “Course Documents” menu of Blackboard. Tristal@email.sc.edu c. List the name of the laptop you are using to complete the assignments. Are you using Office 365? (Example: Dell; yes) or (Example: MacBook Pro; yes) . Respond to both questions in part (1c) please. Mackbook; Yes 2. (15 points total.) a. Who is credited for inventing the early computing device called “analytical engine”? List both first and last name . Charles Babbage b. Who built the first gear-driven mechanical machine that computed addition and subtraction only? List both first and last name . Blaise Pascal c. What “law” states that a human can actively manage about seven, plus or minus two, pieces of information in short-term memory at one time? Miller’s Law 3. (5 pts ) According to the text and shown in the PowerPoint in Module 1, what monument has been considered an astronomical calendar, a temple, and a predictor of lunar eclipses? It is located in Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge

4sp8wk-2024 _page 2 4. (5 pts.) Multiple choice: What is the purpose of a compiler? C. A . translate machine language into assembly language B . translate FORTRAN into COBOL C . translate high-level language into machine language D . translate machine language into FORTRAN E . translate application programs into system programs 5. (5 pts.) Multiple choice: In which software generation were the FORTRAN and COBOL languages developed? E. A . fifth B . fourth C . third D . first E . second 6. (10 points.) a. What is “ computer protocol ” as explained in a pdf file in Module 1? The specification of the correct etiquette for computers to use when communicating with one another. A specific set of communication rules is called a protocol. b. According to your text, second generation computers had memory made from this item, which are tiny doughnut-shaped devices that could store one bit of information. What was this device called? (the response consists of two words) Magnetic Cores 7. (20 points total-5pts each.) a. Which high-level language was designed by a team for business applications during the second generation of software – 1959 through 1965? (It has been relatively stable.) COBOL b. Which of the following is an application package? Word Processor Is it:  FORTRAN;  Assembly Language;  C++;  Object-oriented program; or  Word processor ? c. This piece of software is a program that puts pieces of a large program together so that it can be put into memory where it can be executed. What is this general piece of software called? Linker d. This piece of software places a program’s instructions into memory, where the instructions can then be executed. What is this general piece of software called? Loader

4sp8wk-2024 _page 3 8. (10 points total—5pts each) a. Who invented a power loom that could base its weave (and hence the design on the fabric) upon a pattern automatically read from punched wooden cards, held together in a long row by rope? First & Last name . Joseph Jacquard b. What is the name of the computer that is considered by many to be the first all-programmable electronic digital computer? colossus 9. (20 points total--5pts each.) History of Computing Identify the following using both first and last names . a. The first recognized computer science department in the United States was formed/founded at Purdue University in 1962. What professor played a role in establishing and leading this newly formed department? Samuel D. Conte b. Who proposed that a punched card be used for counting the census? Herman Hollerith c. Who was the mathematician that was the founder of Stanford University's Computer Science department and also coined the term " computer science " in his paper " Engineering Students Must Learn both Computing and Mathematics" ? George E. Forsythe d. In 1973, two individuals invented the “ethernet”, which used a cheap coaxial cable to connect computers into a network. David Boggs was one. Who was the other individual? Robert Metcalfe Remember to save this document as: Assignment1_yourname.docx

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