IBM

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/ibm

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was IBM built?1911
2. What is the company name?International Business Machines Corporation
3. What is the key technological milestones?System/360 mainframe family, IBM PC, hard disk drive, Watson AI
4. What does IBM stand for?IBM is short for International Business Machines, a company that builds smart computers and technology.
5. How did IBM start making computers?It began as a group that made machines like industrial scales and cheese slicers, then moved to electromechanical tabulating machines that used punched cards for data.

Punched Cards: Early data storage medium using holes to represent information.
Mainframe Computer: Large, powerful computers essential for large-scale data processing in organizations.
Open Architecture: A system design that allows other companies to create compatible products.
Quantum Computing: A new type of computing that uses quantum mechanics to solve complex problems.