Computer Science Trivia
What is the most commonly used operating system in the world?
What is Android
A list or collection of similar things.
What is array.
A numerical value that corresponds to a unique element in an array. They start at zero.
What is Index
Information is lost when power is off.
What is volatile
An diagram of a program, done in shapes.
What is a flowchart
What is the nationality of Alan Turing, a mathematician who broke ciphers during WW2?
What is British
A self-contained set of instructions for performing a specific task within a computer program.
What is a Function
A variable type that holds whole numbers
What is an integer
A detailed outline or rough draft of a program. Done in words.
What is a pseudocode
A binary digit with two possible values, 0 or 1.
What is Bit
2^30 bytes.
What is a Gigabyte
A tag-based programming language designed to create websites.
What is HTML
How a computer displays or communicates information.
What is outputs
Data stored in this area of a computer remains when a computer is turned off.
What is a secondary storage
Who is often credited as the first programmer?
What is Ada Lovelace
A programming construct that allows for a block of code to be executed continuously until a condition is met.
What is Loop
A programming construct that allows for a block of code to be repeated multiple times.
What is a Loop
Data passed to a function.
What is a Parameter
A variable type that represents a fraction.
What is a real/float?
In what decade was the first "modern" computer invented?
What is 1930
How a computer takes in information from the world.
What is Input
NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( NOT ( FALSE ) ) ) ) )
What is TRUE
This is part of the CPU, and does the calculations inside a computer.
What is a ALU
A container for data.
What is a variable