Important Figures
Leaders of personal computers
Who are Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
The Difference Engine was created to help calculate this type of data.
What are mathematical tables
This scientist’s idea of the Universal Machine helped make artificial intelligence possible.
Who is Alan Turing
This small programmable device was used in our coding activity.
What is a MicroBit
This tool is used to encrypt and decrypt information
What is a cipher
Nicknamed the mother of programming
Who is Ada Lovelace
This century saw the first designs for mechanical computers.
What is the 19th Century
Artificial Intelligence refers to computers performing tasks that usually require this human ability.
What is intelligence/thinking
Pressing button A or B on the MicroBit is an example of this coding concept.
What is an input
This type of cipher was famously used by the Freemason secret society
What is Pig Pin
Builder of the Universal Machine and solver of the Enigma Machine
Who is Alan Turing
The Universal Machine was a theoretical model for this concept
What is computation
This early programmable computer concept showed that machines could be given instructions, an important step toward artificial intelligence.
What is the analytical engine
Displaying images or text on the LED screen is an example of this.
What is an output
This is the decimal value for the binary number 1011
What is 11?
Father of the modern web
Who is Tim Berners-Lee
ENIAC was mainly used for large-scale calculations during this time period.
What is WWII
This type of AI model uses word input and data to answer questions
What is Large Language Model
This type of block tells the MicroBit when to run code, such as “on button A pressed.”
What is an event
The total number of bits used to represent a single character in standard ASCII
What is 8 bits (1 byte)?
Designer of the Difference Engine
Who is Charles Babbage
This year marked the release of the Intel 4004.
What is 1971
This idea, introduced in 1937, helped inspire later work in artificial intelligence by showing that machines could simulate logical processes.
What is the universal machine
This process involves finding and fixing mistakes in your code.
What is debugging
What does this message translate to? :
01111001 01100001 01111001
What is YAY?