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- 4. Hollerith - an American businessman, inventor, and statistician who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting
- 6. Census - is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy
- 8. - a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim
- 10. - the amount of something produced by a person, machine, or industry
- 11. Lovelace - an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine
- 12. browse - is a software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, retrieves the necessary content from a web server and then displays the page on the user's device
- 15. - is a calculating tool that was in use in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Arabic numeral system. The exact origin of the abacus is still unknown
- 17. - an instrument or device used for observing, checking, or keeping a continuous record of a process or quantity
- 19. - hit (someone) hard
- 20. Babbage - A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer
- 21. system - the software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals
- 22. - a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted
- 26. memory - is a form of computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code
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- 1. - a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
- 2. - main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry within a computer that executes instructions that make up a computer program
- 3. - what is put in, taken in, or operated on by any process
- 5. - a high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit
- 7. - the programs and other operating information used by a computer
- 9. - the use or operation of computers
- 13. - is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York. It was founded in 1911 in Endicott, New York, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
- 14. - is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks
- 16. Wozniak - is an American electronics engineer, programmer, philanthropist, and technology entrepreneur
- 18. Turing - an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist
- 20. - an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program
- 23. memory - a usually small computer memory that contains special-purpose information (such as a program) which cannot be altered — compare ram
- 24. - A top-level Internet domain used by associations and non-profit organizations mostly in the U.S. and Canada
- 25. - tools, machinery, and other durable equipment
- 27. science - the study of the principles and use of computers