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1. Which of the following is not an early computer programming language?

A) FORTRAN
B) COBOL
C) BASIC
D) HTML

2. The first computer game was called _________.


A) Space Invaders
B) Pong
C) Asteroids
D) Pac-Man

3. What is the name of the first graphical user interface (GUI)?


A) Windows
B) Mac OS
C) Xerox Star
D) UNIX

4. Who is known for creating the first computer virus?


A) Bill Gates
B) Richard Stallman
C) Robert Morris
D) John McAfee

5. Which company introduced the first laptop computer?


A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Toshiba
D) Compaq
6. Who is credited with inventing the first email system?
A) Ray Tomlinson
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Vint Cerf
D) Marc Andreessen

7. Which computer company was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) HP

8. What was the name of the first supercomputer?


A) ENIAC
B) UNIVAC
C) Cray-1
D) IBM 7090

9. Which of the following is not an early programming language?


A) LISP
B) COBOL
C) ALGOL
D) HTML

10. Who is known for creating the World Wide Web?


A) Bill Gates
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Vint Cerf
D) Marc Andreessen
11. What is the name of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer?
A) Harvard Mark I
B) UNIVAC
C) ENIAC
D) Manchester Mark I

12. Which of the following is not an early computer manufacturer?


A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) DEC
D) HP

13. Which computer company is known for its ThinkPad line of laptops?
A) IBM
B) Lenovo
C) Toshiba
D) HP

14. Which computer company introduced the first laser printer?


A) IBM
B) Xerox
C) HP
D) Canon

15. Who is known for developing the first commercially successful spreadsheet program?
A) Dan Bricklin
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Larry Ellison
16. What is the name of the first web browser?
A) Netscape Navigator
B) Mosaic
C) Internet Explorer
D) Firefox

17. Who is known for developing the first programming language for a computer?
A) Ada Lovelace
B) Charles Babbage
C) Alan Turing
D) Grace Hopper

18. Which of the following is not an early computer hardware component?


A) Central processing unit (CPU)
B) Random access memory (RAM)
C) Hard disk drive (HDD)
D) HTML

19. What is the name of the first successful personal computer?


A) Apple II
B) Commodore PET
C) TRS-80
D) Altair 8800

20. Which company is known for developing the first computer mouse with multiple buttons?
A) Xerox
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) Logitech
21. Who is known for developing the first compiler?
A) Ada Lovelace
B) Grace Hopper
C) John Backus
D) Alan Turing

22. Which computer company is known for its ThinkCentre line of desktop computers?
A) Lenovo
B) IBM
C) Toshiba
D) HP

23. What is the name of the first computer network?


A) ARPANET
B) LAN
C) WAN
D) Internet

24. Who is known for developing the first successful spreadsheet program?
A) Dan Bricklin
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Larry Ellison

25. Which computer company is known for developing the first handheld calculator?
A) IBM
B) Hewlett-Packard (HP)
C) Texas Instruments
D) Sharp
26. What is the name of the first successful personal digital assistant (PDA)?
A) Apple Newton
B) Palm Pilot
C) BlackBerry
D) Microsoft Pocket PC

27. Which of the following is not an early computer operating system?


A) MS-DOS
B) UNIX
C) CP/M
D) BASIC

28. Who is known for developing the first commercially successful antivirus software?
A) John McAfee
B) Bill Gates
C) Richard Stallman
D) Eugene Kaspersky

29. Which computer company is known for developing the first computer with a graphical user
interface (GUI)?
A) Apple
B) Xerox
C) Microsoft
D) IBM

30. What is the name of the first successful computer game console?
A) Atari 2600
B) Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
C) PlayStation
D) Xbox

31. Who is known for developing the first successful word processing program?
A) Dan Bricklin
B) Bill Gates
C) Steve Jobs
D) Seymour Papert

32. Which of the following is not an early computer storage medium?


A) Magnetic tape
B) Floppy disk
C) Optical disc
D) Transistor

33. Who is known for developing the first successful computer-aided design (CAD) software?
A) Ivan Sutherland
B) Doug Engelbart
C) Seymour Papert
D) Alan Kay
34. Which of the following is not an early computer peripheral?
A) Keyboard
B) Mouse
C) Monitor
D) Hard disk drive (HDD)

35. Who is known for developing the first successful computer animation software?
A) John Lasseter
B) Ed Catmull
C) Alan Kay
D) Seymour Papert

36. Which computer company is known for developing the first computer with a built-in Ethernet
port?
A) IBM
B) Xerox
C) DEC
D) HP

37. What is the name of the first successful digital camera?


A) Kodak DCS
B) Nikon Coolpix
C) Canon PowerShot
D) Sony Cyber-shot

38. Who is known for developing the first successful optical character recognition (OCR) software?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) John McCarthy
C) Marvin Minsky
D) Grace Hopper

39. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful laptop computer?
A) Toshiba
B) IBM
C) Compaq
D) Apple
40. What is the name of the first successful electronic mail (email) program?
A) Outlook
B) Eudora
C) Thunderbird
D) Lotus Notes

41. Who is known for developing the first successful virtual machine?
A) John McCarthy
B) Ken Thompson
C) Maurice Wilkes
D) Michael Stonebraker

42. Which of the following is not an early computer programming language?


A) FORTRAN
B) COBOL
C) LISP
D) HTML

43. Who is known for developing the first successful optical mouse?
A) Xerox
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) Logitech

44. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful portable music player?
A) Apple
B) Sony
C) Samsung
D) Creative Technology

45. What is the name of the first successful computerized chess game?
A) Chessmaster
B) Deep Blue
C) Fritz
D) Rybka

46. Who is known for developing the first successful speech recognition software?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) John McCarthy
C) Marvin Minsky
D) Grace Hopper

47. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful laptop with a built-in
pointing device (e.g. trackpad)?
A) Apple
B) IBM
C) Toshiba
D) HP

48. What is the name of the first successful computerized personal assistant (e.g. Siri, Alexa)?
A) Microsoft Cortana
B) Google Assistant
C) Apple Siri
D) Amazon Alexa

49. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized speech synthesizer?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) John McCarthy
C) Marvin Minsky
D) Stephen Hawking

50. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful all-in-one computer?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Compaq
D) HP

51. What is the name of the first successful computerized stock trading system?
A) NASDAQ
B) NYSE
C) AMEX
D) S&P 500

52. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized music synthesizer?
A) Robert Moog
B) Ray Kurzweil
C) Bob Moog
D) Robert Kurzweil

53. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful portable digital assistant
(PDA) with cellular connectivity?
A) BlackBerry
B) Apple
C) Palm
D) Nokia

54. What is the name of the first successful computerized language translation software?
A) Google Translate
B) Microsoft Translator
C) SYSTRAN
D) SDL Trados

55. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized speech recognition system for
consumer use?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) Google

56. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized video game
console?
A) Atari
B) Nintendo
C) Sony
D) Microsoft

57. What is the name of the first successful computerized personal finance management software?
A) Quicken
B) Mint
C) QuickBooks
D) TurboTax

58. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized facial recognition software?
A) Edward Davis
B) Woody Bledsoe
C) Paul Ekman
D) James Beniger

59. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized handwriting
recognition system for consumer use?
A) Apple
B) IBM
C) Microsoft
D) Palm

60. What is the name of the first successful computerized map and navigation software?
A) Google Maps
B) MapQuest
C) Garmin
D) TomTom

61. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized speech recognition system for
medical use?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) John McCarthy
C) Marvin Minsky
D) Philip Cohen

62. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized portable
gaming device with interchangeable game cartridges?
A) Nintendo
B) Sega
C) Atari
D) Sony

63. What is the name of the first successful computerized personal assistant for mobile devices (e.g.
Siri, Google Assistant)?
A) Apple Siri
B) Google Now
C) Microsoft Cortana
D) Amazon Alexa
64. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized text-to-speech software?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) John McCarthy
C) Marvin Minsky
D) Dennis Klatt

65. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
touchscreen smartphone?
A) Apple
B) BlackBerry
C) Nokia
D) Samsung

66. What is the name of the first successful computerized flight simulator?
A) Microsoft Flight Simulator
B) X-Plane
C) FlightGear
D) TRC Simulators

67. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized chess program for home
computers?
A) Dan and Kathe Spracklen
B) John McCarthy
C) Maurice Wilkes
D) Claude Shannon

68. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized portable
music player with a hard drive?
A) Apple
B) Sony
C) Microsoft
D) Creative Technology

69. What is the name of the first successful computerized virtual reality headset?
A) Oculus Rift
B) HTC Vive
C) Sony PlayStation VR
D) Google Cardboard
70. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized facial animation software for
films?
A) Ed Catmull
B) John Lasseter
C) Alvy Ray Smith
D) Pixar Animation Studios

71. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized tablet
device?
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) Amazon
D) Samsung

72. What is the name of the first successful computerized speech synthesis software for the blind?
A) JAWS
B) NVDA
C) Window-Eyes
D) Dolphin Guide

73. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized facial motion capture system for
films?
A) Ed Catmull
B) John Lasseter
C) Alvy Ray Smith
D) Pixar Animation Studios

74. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized wearable
fitness tracker?
A) Fitbit
B) Apple
C) Garmin
D) Jawbone

75. What is the name of the first successful computerized instant messaging software?
A) AIM
B) ICQ
C) MSN Messenger
D) Yahoo Messenger

76. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized facial recognition system for law
enforcement use?
A) Woody Bledsoe
B) Edward Davis
C) Joseph Atick
D) James Beniger

77. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized 3D printer?
A) HP
B) IBM
C) Stratasys
D) 3D Systems

78. What is the name of the first successful computerized online auction site?
A) eBay
B) Amazon Auctions
C) Yahoo Auctions
D) uBid

79. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized digital camera?
A) Steven Sasson
B) Eastman Kodak
C) Polaroid Corporation
D) Sony

80. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized e-reader
device?
A) Amazon
B) Barnes & Noble
C) Sony
D) Kobo

81. What is the name of the first successful computerized ride-hailing service?
A) Uber
B) Lyft
C) Grab
D) Didi Chuxing

82. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized natural language processing
software?
A) John McCarthy
B) Marvin Minsky
C) Terry Winograd
D) Roger Schank

83. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
smartwatch?
A) Pebble
B) Apple
C) Samsung
D) Sony

84. What is the name of the first successful computerized language learning software?
A) Duolingo
B) Rosetta Stone
C) Pimsleur
D) Babbel

85. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized chess program?
A) Alan Turing
B) Claude Shannon
C) John von Neumann
D) Herbert Simon

86. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized all-in-one
personal computer?
A) Apple
B) HP
C) IBM
D) Dell
87. What is the name of the first successful computerized mobile payment system?
A) Apple Pay
B) Google Wallet
C) PayPal
D) Venmo

88. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized spam filter?
A) Ray Tomlinson
B) Vint Cerf
C) Gary Thuerk
D) David Crocker

89. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized cloud
storage service?
A) Amazon
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Dropbox

90. What is the name of the first successful computerized virtual assistant?
A) Siri
B) Alexa
C) Google Assistant
D) Cortana

91. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized handwriting recognition
software?
A) Myron Krueger
B) Bill Buxton
C) Douglas Engelbart
D) Norbert Wiener

92. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized interactive
whiteboard?
A) Apple
B) SMART Technologies
C) Promethean
D) PolyVision
93. What is the name of the first successful computerized voice assistant for a vehicle?
A) Ford SYNC
B) Toyota Entune
C) BMW ConnectedDrive
D) General Motors OnStar

94. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized spell-check software?
A) Robert Morris
B) Richard Stallman
C) Ralph Gorin
D) Donald Knuth

95. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized augmented
reality headset?
A) Microsoft
B) Magic Leap
C) Google
D) Meta

96. What is the name of the first successful computerized dating site?
A) Match.com
B) eHarmony
C) OkCupid
D) Plenty of Fish

97. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized optical character recognition
software?
A) Kurt Beyer
B) Ray Kurzweil
C) Howard Aiken
D) Grace Hopper

98. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized personal
digital assistant (PDA)?
A) Palm
B) Apple
C) HP
D) Sony

99. What is the name of the first successful computerized online music streaming service?
A) Pandora
B) Spotify
C) Apple Music
D) Tidal

100. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized speech recognition software?
A) James Baker
B) Victor Zue
C) Alexander Waibel
D) Fred Jelinek

101. What is the name of the first successful computerized language translation software?
A) Google Translate
B) Babelfish
C) SYSTRAN
D) SDL Trados

102. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized laptop
computer?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Compaq
D) Toshiba

103. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized 3D printing technology?
A) Chuck Hull
B) Carl Deckard
C) Scott Crump
D) S. Scott Crump

104. What is the name of the first successful computerized peer-to-peer file sharing network?
A) Napster
B) Kazaa
C) BitTorrent
D) Limewire
105. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized tablet
computer?
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) IBM
D) Samsung

106. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized encryption algorithm?
A) Claude Shannon
B) Alan Turing
C) John von Neumann
D) Herbert Simon

107. What is the name of the first successful computerized video sharing platform?
A) YouTube
B) Vimeo
C) Dailymotion
D) Metacafe

108. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized touch
screen technology?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) HP
D) Xerox

109. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized virtual reality headset?
A) Ivan Sutherland
B) Jaron Lanier
C) Mark Zuckerberg
D) Palmer Luckey

110. What is the name of the first successful computerized digital camera?
A) Kodak DCS
B) Nikon D1
C) Canon EOS DCS 3
D) Fujifilm DS-1P
111. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized solid state
drive (SSD)?
A) IBM
B) Samsung
C) Intel
D) SanDisk

112. What is the name of the first successful computerized mobile instant messaging app?
A) WhatsApp
B) BlackBerry Messenger
C) iMessage
D) Facebook Messenger

113. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized spam email filter?
A) Ray Tomlinson
B) Vint Cerf
C) Gary Thuerk
D) David Crocker

114. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized mobile
phone?
A) Motorola
B) Nokia
C) Apple
D) Samsung

115. What is the name of the first successful computerized online auction website?
A) eBay
B) Amazon Auctions
C) Yahoo Auctions
D) BidCactus

116. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized natural language processing
software?
A) Joseph Weizenbaum
B) John Searle
C) Noam Chomsky
D) Marvin Minsky

117. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized gaming
console?
A) Atari
B) Nintendo
C) Sega
D) Sony

118. What is the name of the first successful computerized e-reader?


A) Amazon Kindle
B) Sony Reader
C) Barnes & Noble Nook
D) Kobo eReader

119. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized digital assistant?
A) Apple
B) Google
C) Amazon
D) Microsoft

120. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized voice
recognition software?
A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Apple
D) Google

121. What is the name of the first successful computerized online search engine?
A) Google
B) Yahoo
C) AltaVista
D) Lycos

122. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized optical mouse?
A) Douglas Engelbart
B) Bill English
C) Steve Jobs
D) Larry Tesler

123. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized portable
MP3 player?
A) Apple
B) Sony
C) Creative
D) Samsung

124. What is the name of the first successful computerized social networking website?
A) MySpace
B) Facebook
C) Friendster
D) LinkedIn

125. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized speech synthesis software?
A) John L. Kelly Jr.
B) Max Mathews
C) Arthur C. Clarke
D) Douglas Hofstadter

126. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
smartwatch?
A) Samsung
B) Apple
C) Sony
D) Pebble

127. What is the name of the first successful computerized cloud storage service?
A) Dropbox
B) Google Drive
C) iCloud
D) OneDrive

128. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized web browser?
A) Tim Berners-Lee
B) Marc Andreessen
C) Robert Cailliau
D) Dave Raggett

129. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized fingerprint
recognition technology?
A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Motorola
D) Fujitsu

130. What is the name of the first successful computerized GPS navigation system?
A) Garmin GPS 100
B) Magellan NAV 1000
C) TomTom Navigator
D) Navman iCN 510

131. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized chess program?
A) Claude Shannon
B) Alan Turing
C) John von Neumann
D) Herbert Simon

132. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized digital
projector?
A) Sony
B) Epson
C) Mitsubishi
D) InFocus

133. What is the name of the first successful computerized data visualization software?
A) Tableau
B) D3.js
C) ggplot2
D) MATLAB

134. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized optical character recognition
(OCR) software?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) Masaru Ibuka
C) Grace Hopper
D) Gustav Tauschek

135. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized multi-
touch display technology?
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) IBM
D) Hewlett-Packard

136. What is the name of the first successful computerized virtual assistant?
A) Siri
B) Google Assistant
C) Alexa
D) Cortana

137. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized image editing software?
A) John Knoll
B) Thomas Knoll
C) Russell Brown
D) Dan Kottke

138. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized e-
commerce platform?
A) Amazon
B) eBay
C) PayPal
D) Shopify

139. What is the name of the first successful computerized augmented reality game?
A) Pokemon Go
B) Ingress
C) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
D) Minecraft Earth

140. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized natural language processing
(NLP) software?
A) Joseph Weizenbaum
B) Noam Chomsky
C) Alan Turing
D) Marvin Minsky

141. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized tablet
computer?
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) IBM
D) Hewlett-Packard

142. What is the name of the first successful computerized online marketplace for freelancers?
A) Fiverr
B) Upwork
C) Freelancer.com
D) 99designs

143. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized 3D printing technology?
A) Charles Hull
B) Scott Crump
C) S. K. Mitra
D) Hideo Kodama

144. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized voice-
activated virtual assistant?
A) Amazon
B) Google
C) Apple
D) Microsoft

145. What is the name of the first successful computerized real-time strategy (RTS) game?
A) Command & Conquer
B) Dune II
C) Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
D) StarCraft

146. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized personal computer (PC)?
A) Bill Gates
B) Steve Jobs
C) Gary Kildall
D) Ed Roberts

147. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized wearable
fitness tracker?
A) Fitbit
B) Jawbone
C) Garmin
D) Polar

148. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source web browser?
A) Firefox
B) Chromium
C) Netscape Navigator
D) Opera

149. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized digital camera?
A) Steven Sasson
B) George Eastman
C) Edwin Land
D) William Henry Fox Talbot

150. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized virtual
reality headset?
A) Oculus VR
B) HTC
C) Sony
D) Google

151. What is the name of the first successful computerized software suite for productivity and
creativity?
A) Microsoft Office
B) Adobe Creative Suite
C) OpenOffice
D) CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
152. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized social networking website?
A) Mark Zuckerberg
B) Tom Anderson
C) Jack Dorsey
D) Kevin Systrom

153. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
smartwatch?
A) Apple
B) Samsung
C) Sony
D) LG

154. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source operating system?
A) Linux
B) BSD
C) GNU
D) Solaris

155. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized antivirus software?
A) John McAfee
B) Eugene Kaspersky
C) Peter Norton
D) Alan Solomon

156. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized self-
driving car?
A) Tesla
B) Google
C) Uber
D) General Motors

157. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source content management
system (CMS)?
A) WordPress
B) Drupal
C) Joomla
D) TYPO3
158. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized e-book reader?
A) Jeff Bezos
B) Michael Hart
C) Sony Corporation
D) Project Gutenberg

159. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized gaming
console?
A) Atari
B) Nintendo
C) Sega
D) Sony

160. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source database management
system?
A) MySQL
B) PostgreSQL
C) MariaDB
D) Oracle

161. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized optical character recognition
(OCR) software?
A) Ray Kurzweil
B) Howard Aiken
C) Norbert Wiener
D) Gustav Tauschek

162. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized digital
personal assistant?
A) Apple
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Amazon

163. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source desktop environment for
Linux?
A) GNOME
B) KDE
C) Xfce
D) LXDE

164. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized search engine?
A) Larry Page and Sergey Brin
B) Tim Berners-Lee
C) Brewster Kahle
D) AltaVista

165. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized electric
car?
A) Tesla
B) Nissan
C) Chevrolet
D) Toyota

166. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source video editing software?
A) Blender
B) OpenShot
C) Kdenlive
D) Shotcut

167. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online encyclopedia?
A) Jimmy Wales
B) Larry Sanger
C) Tim Berners-Lee
D) Ward Cunningham

168. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized digital
assistant for smartphones?
A) Apple
B) Google
C) Samsung
D) Amazon

169. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source office suite?
A) LibreOffice
B) OpenOffice
C) Calligra Suite
D) AbiWord

170. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized voice assistant?
A) Apple
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Amazon

171. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized all-in-one
printer?
A) HP
B) Canon
C) Epson
D) Brother

172. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source email client?
A) Thunderbird
B) Evolution
C) Claws Mail
D) Sylpheed

173. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized web browser?
A) Tim Berners-Lee
B) Marc Andreessen
C) Robert Cailliau
D) Mosaic Communications Corporation

174. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized all-in-one
computer?
A) Apple
B) HP
C) Dell
D) IBM

175. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source web server?
A) Apache HTTP Server
B) Nginx
C) Lighttpd
D) Cherokee

176. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized virtual assistant?
A) Apple
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Amazon

177. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized all-in-one
remote control?
A) Logitech
B) Philips
C) Sony
D) Samsung

178. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source media player?
A) VLC Media Player
B) MPlayer
C) SMPlayer
D) GOM Player

179. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online marketplace?
A) Jeff Bezos
B) Pierre Omidyar
C) Jack Ma
D) Elon Musk

180. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized smart
home assistant?
A) Google
B) Amazon
C) Apple
D) Samsung

181. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source code editor?
A) Atom
B) Sublime Text
C) Notepad++
D) Visual Studio Code

182. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online video sharing platform?
A) Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim
B) Mark Zuckerberg
C) Jack Dorsey
D) Kevin Systrom

183. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized virtual
reality headset?
A) Oculus VR
B) HTC
C) Sony
D) Samsung

184. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source wiki software?
A) MediaWiki
B) Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
C) DokuWiki
D) XWiki

185. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online music streaming
platform?
A) Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon
B) Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning
C) Tim West

186. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
touchscreen smartphone?
A) Apple
B) Samsung
C) HTC
D) BlackBerry

187. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source text editor?
A) Emacs
B) Vim
C) Nano
D) Pico

188. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized social networking platform?
A) Mark Zuckerberg
B) Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe
C) David Karp
D) Kevin Systrom

189. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized voice-
activated home assistant?
A) Amazon
B) Google
C) Apple
D) Microsoft

190. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source database management
system?
A) MySQL
B) PostgreSQL
C) SQLite
D) MariaDB

191. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized ride-sharing platform?
A) Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp
B) Logan Green and John Zimmer
C) Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk
D) Jack Dorsey

192. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized digital
camera?
A) Kodak
B) Sony
C) Canon
D) Nikon

193. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source password manager?
A) KeePass
B) LastPass
C) 1Password
D) Dashlane

194. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online marketplace for
handmade goods?
A) Rob Kalin, Chris Maguire, and Haim Schoppik
B) Pierre Omidyar
C) Jeff Bezos
D) Craig Newmark

195. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized
smartwatch?
A) Apple
B) Samsung
C) Pebble
D) LG

196. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source instant messaging client?
A) Pidgin
B) Miranda IM
C) Kopete
D) Adium

197. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online auction platform?
A) Pierre Omidyar
B) Jeff Bezos
C) Rob Kalin, Chris Maguire, and Haim Schoppik
D) Craig Newmark

198. Which computer company is known for developing the first successful computerized voice-
activated personal assistant?
A) Amazon
B) Google
C) Apple
D) Microsoft
199. What is the name of the first successful computerized open-source backup software?
A) Bacula
B) Amanda
C) Duplicati
D) UrBackup

200. Who is known for developing the first successful computerized online news aggregation
platform?
A) Matt Drudge
B) Jonah Peretti and Kenneth Lerer
C) Markos Moulitsas
D) David Karp

201. Who is considered to be the "father of computers"?


A) Alan Turing
B) Charles Babbage
C) John von Neumann
D) Steve Jobs

202. Which of the following was the first computer to be commercially available?
A) UNIVAC
B) ENIAC
C) IBM 7090
D) Altair 8800

203. Who invented the first mechanical calculator?


A) Blaise Pascal
B) Charles Babbage
C) John Napier
D) Alan Turing

204. When was the first electronic computer invented?


A) 1837
B) 1890
C) 1941
D) 1971

205. Who invented the first microprocessor?


A) Robert Noyce
B) Jack Kilby
C) Steve Wozniak
D) Gordon Moore

206. When was the World Wide Web invented?


A) 1969
B) 1989
C) 1995
D) 2001

207. Which company developed the first successful personal computer?


A) IBM
B) Apple
C) Microsoft
D) HP

208. Which of the following is not a programming language?


A) Java
B) COBOL
C) FORTRAN
D) HTML

209. Who is credited with inventing the computer mouse?


A) Steve Jobs
B) Douglas Engelbart
C) Bill Gates
D) Tim Berners-Lee

210. What is the name of the first computer virus?


A) Trojan Horse
B) Melissa
C) Brain
D) ILOVEYOU

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