I. Fill in the blanks.

1. The number system that we normally use is called the ____________ system which
utilized ten digits: zero through nine.
2. The first known place-value number system is the Babylonians ____________ system
(base-60), which appeared around 1900 to 1800 BC.
3. The ____________ is the first actual calculating machine known to us.
4. The most popular version of the abacus is based on the ____________ system, which
uses a combination of two bases (base-2 and base-5) to represent decimal numbers.
5. Another mathematician working with Babbage developed ____________ arithmetic
using only two numbers, 0 and 1, for computation.

6-7. __________ are raw information while __________is processed.

8. ____________ is the unit of information that is a written symbol of a natural language.

9. Any set of information with a defined structure is called a ____________.

10. A ___________ is a set of written instructions executed by the computer.

II. Matching Type

A.

_____ 1. a device made by a Scottish politician and a. Tree of Porphyry

mathematician that was used in the multiplication b. William Schickard

and division of large numbers c. Napiers bones

_____ 2. A weaving device that could produce d. Jacquards Loom

intricate designs developed by a French weaver e. Lady Augusta Ada Lovelace

_____ 3. A mathematician working with Babbage f. IBM

who developed the binary arithmetic; daughter of g. abacus

Lord Byron; considered as the first programmer i. Analytical Engine

_____ 4. A machine that had a mill and store j. Charles Babbage

_____ 5. A figure used by Aristotle that represents

relationships between things

_____ 6. Father of Modern computers

_____ 7. The first calculating machine

_____ 8. Tabulating Machine Company

_____ 9. Invented a machine that used wheels to

carry out addition and subtraction of numbers up

to 6 digits

_____ 10. A system of symbolic logic developed by

George Boole

B.

_____ 1. Allows registered users to send and receive a. chat

electronic messages b. multimedia streaming

_____ 2. Allows intensive computations to be distributed c. Wi-Fi

_____ 3. Allows telephone calls over the Internet using d. LAN

Internet protocol e. e-mail

_____ 4. A quick way of publishing information on the f. broadband

Internet g. search engine

_____ 5. Online tool used to find any kind of information h. GPRS

_____ 6. Allows high-speed transmission i. WAN

_____ 7. Allows online conversations in real-time j. blog

_____ 8. Breaking down of data into packets k. VolP

_____ 9. Allows users to share files via the Internet l. packet switching
_____ 10. Interconnects different LANs m. social networks

_____ 11. Allows wireless Internet access n. cluster/grid computing

_____ 12. Allows mobile users to access the Internet o. P2P

_____ 13. Interconnects computers in one location

_____ 14. Allows video/audio streaming over the Internet

_____ 15. Online Communities that allow you to connect

to family members and friends

II. True or False

__________ 1. The abacus, the most popular version of which uses the biquinary system, is said
to have been invented first by the Chinese, and then by the Babylonians.

__________ 2. Touch screen refers to a computer monitor that functions both as a display screen
and an input device, replacing the traditional keyboard or keypad.

__________ 3. A tablet is a mobile phone used for sending and receiving text messages and
calls, but with advanced multimedia and computing capabilities that allow it to function like a
miniature computer.

\__________ 4. Gestural interface technology allows a user to give commands to the computer
without touching it.

__________ 5. The secondary memory allows data and instructions to be stored temporarily, that
is, only when the computer is turned on.

__________ 6. A byte is a group of four bits.

__________ 7. The octet is a term used to refer to eight-bit bytes.

__________ 8. A record is a group of several items of possibly different types.

__________ 9. The items in a record are called fields.

__________ 10. Special purpose computers are very versatile.

__________ 11. A general purpose computer is designed to perform a specific task.

__________ 12. Microcomputers are the most numerous among all the computer types.

__________ 13. Mainframes can process trillion of instructions per second.

__________ 14. A program is a set of written instructions executed by the computer.

__________ 15. Analog computers handle data as bits of 1s and 0s. They process discrete
numeric or symbolic values

__________ 16. The first computer considered as a general purpose computer is the Z3,
developed by Konrad Zuse in 1941.

__________ 17. Sequential access means that data is retrieved in a specific order, that is, one
after another in sequence.

__________ 18. Output preparation involves the conversion of the original document into a
format that the computer can understand.

__________ 19. I/O devices are considered as the working area of the computer.

__________ 20. Peopleware is not considered a part of the computer system.

__________ 21. The computer is said to exhibit the characteristics of speed, accuracy,
consistency, reliability, communications, and memory capability.

__________ 22. Bandwidth is the measure of the speed of data transmission which can be in
Kbps, Mbps, Gbps, or Tbps.

__________ 23. The hub or switch is a packet switching device that is used to connect many
computers in different LANs or networks.

__________ 24. A protocol is a special set of rules that computers in a network must use in order
to talk to and understand each other.

__________ 25. Connecting to the Internet using dial-up requires a device called a modem that
will encode and decode data.