Languages
Online Trends
Women in Computing
2020s
Fill in the Blank
200

This beginner-friendly language uses indentation instead of braces and is popular for data science.

Python

200

This short-form video app, known for dances and viral sounds, exploded in popularity during the pandemic.

TikTok

200

Often called the world’s first computer programmer, she wrote notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

Ada Lovelace

200

This global health crisis began in late 2019 and led to lockdowns worldwide in 2020.

Covid-19 Pandemic

200

When someone says something unbelievable, you might reply: “___ a mile away.”

“I could see that coming a mile away”

400

This language, created by Sun Microsystems, runs on a virtual machine and has the motto “write once, run anywhere.”

Java

400

The “BeReal” app notifies users once a day to post a candid, unfiltered photo in this amount of time.

2 minutes

400

She created the first compiler for a programming language and helped develop COBOL.

Grace Hopper

400

In 2023, this AI chatbot developed by OpenAI became widely known for its ability to generate human-like text.

ChatGPT

400

“The early bird catches the ___.”

Worm

600

This language adds interactivity to websites and is often paired with HTML and CSS.

JavaScript

600

This Youtube challenge went viral for having participants eat a spoonful of this, however it also was sending participants to the hospital. 

Cinnamon

600

This group of women mathematicians worked at NASA as “human computers” and were celebrated in a 2016 film.

The Hidden Figures (Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson)

600

This platform was bought and famously renamed in 2022. 

Twitter to X

600

“A picture is worth a thousand ___.”

Words

800

This fast, compiled language is known for systems programming and has variants like C++ and C#.

C

800

This woman famously used what spray to smooth down her hair instead of hair spray, resulting in her hair solidifying and becoming stuck. 

Gorilla Glue Spray

800

Radia Perlman is known as the “Mother of the Internet” for inventing this network protocol.

Spanning Tree Protocol

800

This British royal couple stepped back from official duties in 2020, sparking global headlines.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

800

“When in Rome, do as the ___ do.”

Romans
1000

This Apple-created language replaced Objective-C for building iOS apps.

Swift

1000

The phrase “No thoughts, just ___” became a popular meme format to describe brain-off appreciation.

Vibes
1000

She co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, a conference for women technologists.

Anita Borg

1000

In 2021, this cryptocurrency reached record attention after Elon Musk tweeted about it multiple times.

Dogecoin

1000

“You can’t judge a book by its ___.”

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