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1. In 1625 William Oughtred invented the slide rule. What is a slide rule used for?

2. What year did Charles Babbage design the first mechanical computer? Was it ever built?

3. When was the Electronic Valve developed?

4. What computer is regarded as the first "Universal Electronic Computer"?

5. What was the first commercially available electronic computer?

6. What generally describes a third generation computer?

7. When was the first scientific calculator released?

8. When was Microsoft formed? Who were its founders?

9. When was the Intel Pentium Chip released?

10. Who first used a WIMP interface to an operating system?

11. What are your predictions about the future of computers?

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