History of Computing
This was the first programming language, developed in 1957.
What is FORTRAN?
Artificial Intelligence tries to emulate these.
What are humans?
A 0 in binary represents this.
What is Off or Zero?
Windows, macOS, IOS, Android, and Linux are examples of this type of software.
What are Operating Systems (OS)?
In the early 1600s, this word was only used to describe people who performed mathematical computations as their job.
What is a Computer?
This is an electromechanical tabulating machine that was developed in 1888.
What is Hollerith’s Tabulator?
This company first introduced cloud computing.
What is Amazon?
CPU stand for this component.
What is Central Processing Unit?
This type of software licensing allows anyone to view and modify the source code of the software.
What is Open-Source?
This mathematician was responsible for cracking the Enigma Code and is an influential figure in the history of computing.
Who is Alan Turing?
This component, which is now instrumental in all computers, was invented in 1947.
What is the Transistor?
This is the fastest way to connect to the internet.
What is Ethernet?
This is the most common switch used in computing.
What is the Transistor?
Programs written in assembly must be converted to this type of language before they can be executed by a processor.
What is Machine Language/Code?
These are files that are created by websites you visit that retain browsing information that make your online experience easier.
What are Cookies?
Several computers, such as ENIAC and Colossus, were created during this historical event.
What is World War II?
This is the biggest cost to upkeep newer data centers.
What is electricity?
RAM stand for this.
What is Random Access Memory?
This software layer, stored in ROM on the motherboard, is used primarily by the operating system.
What is BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)?
This is the average salary of an open source software programmer.
What is nothing?
This was created in 1969 and heralded the beginning of the Internet Age.
What is ARPANET?
The data that gets sent over the internet is translated into these.
What are bits?
Logic gates are made of these components.
What are Transistors?
The interface between two computer programs is often abbreviated as this three-letter acronym.
What is API (Application Programming Interface)?
A 1 in binary represents this.
What is True or On?