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She is widely considered to be the first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Introduced by Apple in 1984, this computer revolutionized the personal computer industry.
What is the Macintosh?
This is the temporary memory in a computer.
What is RAM?
This programming language is the one used for AP Computer Science, released in 1995.
What is Java?
Acquired by Google in 2005, this is the operating system for its mobile devices.
What is Android?
He is the founder of Microsoft.
Who is Bill Gates
Computer created by Alan Turing, used to decode Enigma during WWII.
What is Bombe?
These disks were used for storage in the in the 1970s and 1980s.
What are floppy disks?
Computer language created in the 1950's for formula translation.
What is Fortran?
This is widely considered to be the first modern operating system, created by Microsoft.
What is Windows 95?
Cofounder of Apple, who left the company in 1985 and returned in 1997.
Who is Steve Jobs?
Computer used to tabulate the 1890 census using punch cards.
What is the Hollerith Machine?
Used in the 1990s and 2000s for storage up to 700 MB, there replaced floppy disks.
What are CD-ROMs?
Business oriented coding for computers developed in 1959.
What is COBOL?
Tim Berners-Lee revolutionized the internet with this HTTP protocol.
What is the World Wide Web?
He was the inventor of the difference engine.
Who is Charles Babbage?
The first commercially available computer, used for the 1952 election.
What is UNIVAC?
These replaced vacuum tubes, providing a smaller and more efficient alternative.
What are transistors?
Programming language released in 1985 and is still a core programming language today. General purpose and faster than it's predecessors.
What is C++?
This method of communication was released in 1971, though not widely used until the 1990s. It revolutionized the computer industry.
What is email?
Navy veteran and discoverer of the first computer 'bug'.
Who is Grace Hopper?
The first digital programmable computer, made in 1945.
What is ENIAC?
The first microprocessor, released in 1971.
What is the Intel 4004?
Programming language developed by Microsoft in 1991 for graphical user interface.
What is Visual Basic?
The highest-selling computer of all-time, this computer revolutionized the home computing market in 1982.
What is the Commodore 64?