Ancient Computers
A French mathematician who invented the Pascaline calculator in 1642.
Who is Blaise Pascal?
Developed the FORMAC programming language.
Who is Jean E Sammett?
Inventor of the World Wide Web.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
The first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Alan Turing was born this year.
What is 1912?
In 1884, developed the electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards.
Who is Herman Hollerith?
Designed several programming languages including Pascal.
Who is Niklaus Worth?
Creator of Boolean Algebra/Logic.
Who is George Boole?
Earned a Ph.D. in mathematic from Yale in 1934.
Who is Grace Hopper?
Alan Turing died by this poison.
What is cyanide?
Created the difference engine this to compute mathematical tables, in 1820s.
Who is Charles Babbage?
Developed the C++ programming language.
Who is Bjarne Stroustrup?
Created the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
Who is J. Presper Eckert?
In 1973, became the principal investigator for the ARPANET Network Information Center.
Who is Elizabeth Feinler?
Turing's work at Bletchley Park significantly aided the Allied effort by breaking this German code.
What is the Enigma Code?
Creator of the Castle and Elephant Clock, powered by water in the 12th century.
Who is Al-Jaziri?
Developer of the C programming language.
Who is Dennis Ritchie?
Perfected, began, and helped patent many input devices.
Who is Douglas Engelvart?
December 23, 1938, costume caught fire during Wicked Witch of the West causing severe burns.
Who is Margaret Hamilton?
Alan Turing developed the concept of a universal computing machine.
What is Turing Machine?
Creator of the Jacquard Loom, a mechanical machine made at the start of the 1800s.
Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard?
Created the computer programming language LISP in 1958.
Who is John McCarthy?
Designed and built Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer.
Moved to Canada and became a Research Fellow, Lecturer, and Associate Professor first at the U of Saskatchewan.
Who is Kathleen Booth?
The face of Alan Turing is featured on this British Currency.
What is £50?