1. CSE 301 History of Computing
Quiz # 4 – Monday, June 10th
Computer: A History of the Information Machine, Chapter 7

2. Take out a sheet of paper
Name:
Today’s Date:
Quiz # 4
Get into teams of 2

3. Question 1 What is a “real time” computing system?
Answer: a system that responds to input in real time, i.e. immediately, as in seconds

4. Question 2
MIT’s Project Whirlwind was started in order to create technology to train whom?
Answer: combat pilots

5. Question 3
What was the purpose of the SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) project?
Answer: defend against Soviet nuclear attack

6. Question 4
Name an important commercial computing technology that came out of the SAGE project?
Acceptable Answers: Computer Monitors, SABRE project, Wide Area Networks, Core Memory, printed circuit boards, mass storage devices

7. Question 5
What was the purpose of the SABRE (Semi Automatic Business Research Environment) project?
Answer: Airline reservation system