Trends and Factors

What 3 trends do you see in computer evolution? AND Why?

Computers have become easier to use, thinner and smaller, and have more features for people to use.

Name 3 factors that drive technological innovation?

The need to be the best in the business, to reach benchmarks of building standards, and wanting to make the most money and stay in business drive innovation

True or False

• The first computer programmer was a woman
• true - Ada Lovelace

• The first computer was built in 1975
• false - built in 1910

• Apple made the first user friendly personal computer
• true

• Binary numbers are counted by twos
• false - 0's 1's

• A notebook computer is the same as a laptop
• true

• Computers come in only three sizes; desktop, notebook, tablet
• false - also mobile and supercomputers

• All PC's use the Microsoft windows operating system
• false - linux

• People with a lot of data often own their own main frame computer
• false

• Most modern supercomputers are made up of clusters of computers
• true

Anticipation Guide

• As long as I can check my email and surf the web I am computer literate.
• disagree

• All computer systems are basically alike on the inside.
• disagree

• Peer to peer networks are a great way to share all kinds of files.
• I don't know

• Open source software is the wave of the future. Soon it will not matter what kind of machine a person has because everything will be open source and easily translatable from one operating system to another.
• I don't know

• Although computer programmers should focus on learning the latest programming languages, older programs written in languages like C, are still important to learn.
• agree

• Unrestricted access to technology is a fundamental human right
• disagree

• If I get a job in the computer industry I will never have to worry about being unemployed
• disagree