People In Computer Science
Who invented punch-card code?
Herman Hollerith
Turing Test
This type of code uses a series of ones and zeros.
Binary Code
What did John Ambrose Fleming develop in 1904?
Vacuum Tube
What are the three fundamental operations of Boolean algebra?
NOT, AND, OR
Who said "When there was something wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it"?
Grace Hopper
Bit Rate
What is a logical data type that can have only the values true or false?
A Boolean
A good relay in the 1940's might be able to flick back and forth how many times in a second?
50
What was the earliest recognized device for computing?
Abacus
Who was the first real mathematician? (hint: this was a woman)
Ada Lovelace
Abbreviation of American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
ASCII
This type of coding reads holes punched out of cards.
Punch-Card Code
When was the Harvard Mark 1 completed?
1944
What company did Howard Hollerith found?
IBM (International Business Machines)
Who invented the Bombe?
Alan Turing
A closed question with only two answers.
Binary Question
What is an international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts?
Unicode
Where and when was the abacus invented?
Mesopotamia, 2500 BCE
What is an electronic component that permits the one way flow of current?
Diode
Who is often considered the "father of computing"?
Charles Babbage
Receives and sends data on computer networks.
Router
What is it called when there are ten digits and each place is worth ten times the place to its right?
Base 10 Notation
What year was a dead moth pulled from the Harvard Mark 1?
1947
Current flows through a transistor when electricity is applied to the what?