Who coined the term personal computer？ The Oxford Dictionary says Byte magazine used i

t first, in its May 1976 issue. But Yale Law School Fred Shapiro decided to do some digging on his own--- with help from JSTOR, an online electronic database for academic journals. JSTOR’s arts and sciences archive offers scans of million pages from 117 journals, some dating back to 150 years. Using character-recognition software, JSTOR creates searchable files for each document, allowing full-text searches across 15 academic fields.

While searching for the origin of personal computer, Shapiro uncovered several computing claims. Stewart Brand, founder of Whole Earth Catalog, says on his Web site that he first referred to a “personal computer” in a 1976 book; and GUI pioneer Alan Kay is said to have used the term in a paper published in 1972.

But a search on JSTOR’s general science archive turned up what Shapiro says is the earliest recorded use of personal computer, in the October 4,1968, issue of Science. The issue contains a Hewlett-Packard advertisement for its new HP 9100A. “The new Hewlett-Packard 9100A personal computer,” the ad says, is “ready, willing and able …to relieve you of waiting to get on the big computer.” The $4900 device---a desktop scientific calculator equipped with magnetic cars---does not seem like much of a computer nowadays. And at 40 pounds, it was not very personal, either. But according to Shapiro, it was the first device to be called a personal computer.

1.The term “personal computer” first appeared().

A.in Byte magazine

B.in a Hewlett-Packard ad in Science

C.in a 1974 book

D.in a paper published by Alan Kay

2.What is JSTOR ？()

A.It is an online database

B.It is an academic journal

C.It is a kind of computer software

D.It is a research organization

3.Shapiro succeeded in his research for the origin of the term personal computer by().

A.looking into the Oxford Dictionary

B.digging into magazines that are more than 150 years old

C.scanning JSTOR’s general science archive on line

D.focusing on academic journal such as Science

4.With a HP9100A, according to the Hewlett-Packard ad, you().

A.can easily get on the big computer

B.do not have to get on the big computer

C.can save a lot of money

D.will be willing and ready to do scientific work

5.What do we learn from the passage about the first device that was called personal computer？()

A.It looked very different from the PC today.

B.It was small, light and easy to carry around.

C.It was as efficient as a big computer.

D.It relieved people of a great deal of tedious work.