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A common affordance found on social media.
What is LIKE?
A breakthrough in computer design, it holds all required components on one chip.
What is an IC?
In early stages of computer development, machines used these to store information.
What are PUNCH CARDS?
Some recognize her as the first computer programmer.
Who is ADA LOVELACE?
Cropping a photo to craft a particular story is an example of?
What is VISUAL RHETORIC?
Given to you at birth, it may come with social connotations.
What is a NAME?
Programmed by women, this American machine assisted with artillery computations.
What is the ENIAC?
Housed at Bletchley Park, this machine helped decode messages during WWII.
What is COLOSSUS?
This engineer revolutionized the gaming industry.
Who is JERRY LAWSON?
The study of how people use words, photos and other methods to influence each other.
What is RHETORIC?
Indigenous workers manufactured these in New Mexico.
What is a CHIP?
This company developed many machines to fill evolving business needs.
What is IBM?
The 1st design for a computer, it was never actually built.
What is the ANALYTICAL ENGINE?
A British mathematician and early computer scientist, he was unjustly persecuted for being homosexual.
Who is ALAN TURING?
Toxic internet behaviors often based on racism, sexism or gender identity.
What is HARASSMENT?
An outdated way to classify people based on physical characteristics.
What is RACE?
This group of women did not receive credit for the programming work they did at Bletchley Park.
Who are the WRENs?
This area earned its nickname from the many computer companies based there.
What is the Silicon Valley?
He pioneered the personal computer and created one of most successful companies in the world.
Who is STEVE JOBS?
The concept that search engines constantly promote the same websites.
What is GOOGLEARCHY?
A device that switches electrons that move in a vacuum.
What is a TUBE?
A growing field of computer science that allows computers to make deductions and answer questions.
What is AI?
Huge machines from the 1950s and 1960s that used thousands of vacuum tubes.
What are MAINFRAMES?
This mythical person is an example of how people use affordances.
Who is THE SLENDER MAN?
This "X" affordance is an example of how society can change and influence technology.
What is a #HASHTAG?