1. IBM produced the first hard disk drive. Find a page on an official IBM web site
describing this disk. When was it made, what was it called, and how much
storage space did it offer?
	-It was made in 1980. It was known as the "big blue". 16 kilobytes of memory.

2. Who is often called the “Father of Computing” and when did he live?
	-Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

3. What was the “Analytical Engine”?
	-the design of a mechanical general-purpose computer

4. Was the Analytical Engine designed to run on electricity?
	-no, it was actually to be powered by a steam engine

5. Who was Ada Lovelace, and how is she related to the “Father of Computing”?
	-the description was translated to English and extensively annotated by Lovelace
	who had become interested in the engine ten years earlier.

6. Who was Ada Lovelace’s father?
	-George Byron, 6th Baron Byron

7. What computing “first” is Ada Lovelace known for?
	-she was the founder of scientific computing

8. The ENIAC is often called the first general-purpose computer, though some
question this distinction. In kilograms, how much did ENIAC weigh?
	-30 short tons (27t)

9. What was ENIAC designed to be used for?
	-it was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the US army's
	ballistics research lab.

10. In what year was the construction of the ENIAC completed?
	-1946

11. Some claim that other fully programmable, electronic computers were produced
before ENIAC. Find at least one example, the year of its production, and who
was responsible for its production.
	-Colossus was an earlyelectronic digital computer produced in1943 by 
	Tommy Flowers.