Ancient Computers
This man is known as the “Father of the Computer” for designing the Analytical Engine.
Who is Charles Babbage?
This computer scientist created the Java programming language.
Who is James Gosling?
This inventor is credited as the creator of the World Wide Web.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
This woman helped develop software for the Apollo moon missions.
Who is Margaret Hamilton?
Turing wrote one of the first programs capable of playing chess, called "_________," in 1948
What is Turbochamp?
This woman wrote the first computer algorithm for Charles Babbage’s machine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This programmer developed the C programming language at Bell Labs.
Who is Dennis Ritchie?
This inventor helped create the first electronic digital computer, the ABC computer.
Who is John Atanasoff?
This computer scientist developed one of the first compilers and helped create COBOL.
Who is Grace Hopper?
This machine, created by Alan Turing, helped crack German Enigma codes in WWII.
What is the Bombe machine?
This French inventor created the punched card system that inspired early computers.
Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard?
This scientist helped create FORTRAN, one of the first high level programming languages.
Who is John Backus?
This inventor co-created ENIAC, one of the first electronic general-purpose computers.
Who is J. Presper Eckert?
This woman helped create the first internet directory and naming systems.
Who is Elizabeth Feinler?
Alan Turing designed this test to see if machines could think like humans.
What is the Turing Test?
This inventor built a punch card tabulating machine used for the U.S. Census.
Who is Herman Hollerith?
This Danish engineer is a core developer and co-designer of the TypeScript programming language.
Who is Anders Hejlsberg?
This engineer co-invented the TCP/IP internet communication protocols.
Who is Bob Kahn?
This programmer was one of the first female software engineers and helped develop FORMAC.
Who is Jean E. Sammett?
During World War II, Turing worked at this British codebreaking centre.
What is Bletchley Park?
This engineer from the 1200s designed programmable mechanical machines and automata.
Who is Al-Jaziri?
This computer scientist created the C++ programming language.
Who is Bjarne Stroustrup?
This inventor created the computer mouse and helped develop graphical user interfaces.
Who is Douglas Engelbart?
This woman worked on early computer hardware during World War II.
Who is Kathleen Booth?
Alan Turing studied at _________ University.
What is Cambridge?