Computer History
Across
- 2. The Ted that invented the microprocessor at Intel
- 4. The “race” that pushed the U.S. to develop smaller computers than mainframes
- 5. These tubes, used in early computers, burnt out just like light bulbs
- 8. The dead thing found inside the Mark II in 1945 that led to the term “debugging”
- 9. The name for an entire network of tiny electronic components incorporated onto a single place (two words)
- 12. The Doug who demonstrated the graphical interface and mouse in 1968
- 13. In 1953, the 701 mainframe was unveiled by this company
- 15. The semiconductor where transistors were placed
- 16. The computer built by Eckert and Mauchly that could be programmed for a variety of tasks
Down
- 1. The early personal computers used this kind of interface (two words)
- 3. The company with scientists Shockley, Brattain, and Bardeen, that invented the transistor (two words)
- 6. The John who worked on the Manhattan Project who also described the first modern computer in a paper
- 7. The Bill at Microsoft that built a vast software empire for personal computers
- 10. The 1952 event where incredibly good predictions were made using a computer
- 11. The copier company that built the Alto, the first computer that used a mouse and graphical user interface
- 12. The name of the computer built to calculate gun trajectories for WWII, however it wasn’t finished until a few months after the war ended
- 14. The first graphical user interface computer built by Apple
- 15. The first name of the inventors of the Apple I computer (they both had the same first name)