Legendary Coders
He's known as the father of the C programming language and co-author of the book "The C Programming Language.
Who is Dennis Ritchie?
Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students, this tech giant owns the world's most popular search engine.
What is Google?
This language, known for its readability and significant whitespace, has a mascot named after a large constrictor snake.
What is Python?
A mechanical device used by the Germans during World War II for encrypted communication. It's now a popular subject of cryptanalysis.
What is the Enigma machine?
In 2016, this political party's email servers in the U.S. were compromised, leading to a significant leak just before the presidential election.
What is the Democratic National Committee (DNC)?
This British mathematician and logician is often called the "father of computer science" and developed a machine to decrypt the Enigma code during World War II.
Who is Alan Turing?
Under the leadership of Elon Musk, this company is pushing the boundaries in electric vehicles, solar energy, and space exploration.
What is Tesla?
Released by Apple in 2014, this language is designed for performance and replaced Objective-C for iOS app development.
What is Swift?
A security protocol used to establish encrypted links between a web server and a browser in online communication.
What is SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security)?
Once a tech giant, this company admitted in 2016 that over a billion user accounts were compromised in a 2013 breach, making it one of the largest in history.
What is Yahoo?
He's the creator of the Python programming language, often referring to himself humorously as its "Benevolent Dictator For Life."
Who is Guido van Rossum?
Founded by Ren Zhengfei, this Chinese tech company is a global leader in telecommunications equipment and services.
What is Huawei?
Brendan Eich created this language in just ten days, and it's now central to front-end web development.
What is JavaScript?
This cryptographic tool not only confirms the integrity of a message but also the identity of the sender.
What is a digital signature?
This major credit bureau faced backlash in 2017 after revealing that hackers had accessed the personal information of 143 million U.S. consumers.
What is Equifax?
Known as the world's first computer programmer, she wrote the first algorithm intended for implementation on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Co-founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph, this company revolutionized the way we consume media with its streaming services.
What is Netflix?
This language, released in 2010, emphasizes zero-cost abstractions, safety, and concurrency and has a package manager named "Cargo".
What is Rust?
This type of cryptography uses two related keys: one for encryption and another for decryption.
What is public-key (or asymmetric) cryptography?
A mysterious group named the Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen hacking tools from this U.S. government entity, sparking concerns about cyber weapon proliferation.
What is the National Security Agency (NSA)?
Often referred to as the "father of artificial intelligence", he co-wrote a groundbreaking paper on machine learning in the game of checkers.
Who is Alan Newell or who is Herbert A. Simon?
Acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, this company is known for pioneering in the field of virtual reality with products like the Rift.
What is Oculus VR?
Known as a general-purpose, high-level programming language, it was developed in the late 1950s and had a significant influence on many subsequent languages, including Python and Ruby.
What is Lisp?
This type of encryption ensures that even someone who knows the algorithm and has the ciphertext can't decrypt it without the key.
What is perfect secrecy (or one-time pad)?
In 2017, the WannaCry ransomware spread worldwide, affecting thousands of computers. It exploited a vulnerability in this Microsoft protocol.
What is SMB (Server Message Block)?