History of Technology
Nintendo made this before creating its first video game in 1987.
What are playing cards?
This British scientist is known for developing the test to determine a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.
Who is Alan Turing?
Sam Altman is the former president of this prestigious accelerator, where companies like AirBnB, Dropbox, and Strip were nurtured under his leadership.
What is Y combinator?
Silicon Valley got its named from this silicon-based substance.
What are semiconductor chips?
What is the most used acronym to describe the five most powerful tech companies?
This daughter of Lord Byron is credited as being the first computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Developed by Google DeepMind, this AI program defeated the world champion Lee Sedol in the game of Go.
What is AlphaGo?
This CEO personally purchased the James Bond movie prop of the Lotus Esprit submarine car with the intent to make it functional.
Who is Elon Musk?
This university was created in 1885 after the death of this wealthy couple's only child.
What is Stanford University?
This technology, developed by Adobe Systems, became the global standard for document exchange and was introduced in 1993.
What is PDF (Portable Document Format)?
The Firefox logo is actually this, not a fox
What is a red panda?
This 1984 movie features an AI system named Skynet that becomes self-aware and tries to exterminate humanity.
What is The Terminator?
As a teenager, this CEO created a music recommendation system called Synapse Media Player that attracted interest from companies like Microsoft and AOL. Who is he?
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
This co-founder of IBM is also known for his namesake's law which states that not only do devices become more powerful over time, but that this increase in power is exponential.
Who is Gordon Moore?
It refers to an advanced type of digital video connection that can transmit uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data.
What is HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)?
Nokia used to sell this common bathroom product.
What is toilet paper?
IBM's AI system, famous for winning "Jeopardy!" against human champions.
What is Watson?
This CEO's vision for her company was inspired by her fear of needles.
Who is Elizabeth Holmes?
In 1956, this agreement between eight engineers and Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory led to the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor and later many key tech firms.
What is the traitorous eight?
This acronym represents a scripting language that stands as a cornerstone of the World Wide Web, allowing for enhanced user experiences.
What is JavaScript?
King Harald Gormssom is also the namesake of this technology.
What is bluetooth?
Named after a British mathematician, this type of logic used in AI can handle concepts of partial truth between "completely true" and "completely false.
What is fuzzy logic?
This CEO traveled to India in search of spiritual enlightenment which he credited for his minimalist aesthetic and complex personality.
Who is Steve Jobs?
This "Father of Silicon Valley," encouraged students to start their own companies and helps establish Stanford Industrial Park (now Stanford Research Park).
Who is Frederick Terman?
This acronym represents a network device that forwards data packets between computer networks, creating an "overlay" network such as the internet.
What is VPN (Virtual Private Network)?