Practice The Genesis Of Interactive Computing (1960s-1970s): Time-sharing And The Command Line Era (2.3)
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The Genesis of Interactive Computing (1960s-1970s): Time-Sharing and the Command Line Era

Practice - The Genesis of Interactive Computing (1960s-1970s): Time-Sharing and the Command Line Era

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does time-sharing allow?

💡 Hint: Think about sharing resources.

Question 2 Easy

Name one key advantage of CLI.

💡 Hint: Focus on how the user communicates with the computer.

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Question 1

What did time-sharing systems revolutionize?

Single-user access
Multiple-user access
Batch processing

💡 Hint: Think about who uses the system and how.

Question 2

True or False: The Command Line Interface provides a graphical interface.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall what CLI stands for.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyze how the introduction of time-sharing systems might have changed the landscape of small businesses using computers in the 1970s.

💡 Hint: What impact does sharing resources have on cost and efficiency?

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the long-term effects of the command-line interface on modern user-interface design.

💡 Hint: Consider how command structures influence today’s graphical interfaces.

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