INF 1520 ASSIGNMENT 1

Semester 1 Assignment 01 Due date: 12 March 2018 Unique assignment number: Study material: Study guide units 1 and 2 Contribution of mark: 20% of semester mark, i.e. 4% of final mark Assignment 01 [20] (1 mark per question) Question 1 Which of the following statements about the early history of computing are not true? A. HCI was adopted in the mid-1930s to donate a new field of study concerned with studying and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of computer use. B. Charles Babbage (1791–1871) was a US mathematician who designed the Difference Engine. C. Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) developed a computational device to calculate general statistics for an immigrant population. D. Colossus (1943) developed the first truly interactive computer, which allowed a user to type input through a keyboard. E. In 1945 Vannevar Bush published his “Bush’s idea” article on the Mermex system. Options: 1. A and B 2. B and C 3. A, B and C 4. A, B and D 5. D This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :11:19 GMT -05:00 Th