Beginnings of Computing
Who was Ada Lovelace?
This was the year the very first video game was ever created.
What is 1952? In 1952, for instance, British professor A.S. Douglas created OXO, also known tic-tac-toe, as part of his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge.
This was a question Bill Gates always asked his potential dates.
Hey Baby, What was your SAT score?
You can go to this place to swim, work out with weights, or even take a class.
What is the Wellness Center?
This major hardware and software provider was started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and a third guy who died a broke used car salesman.
What is Apple?
What is the ENIAC?
What is Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego?
Most people don't know that Microsoft worked with this major competitor and worked against this major competitor.
What is Apple?
This service offers 24/7 counseling services to MGA students and staff.
What is BeWell@MGA?
833-910-3362
Call the 24/7 Support Line for:
In-the-moment support for mental health issues
Connections to next steps
No-cost telehealth and in-person treatment sessions, provided by a network of licensed clinicians
These are names of several programming languages used at the start of the computing age.
What are COBOL, Fortran, Flowmatic (Grace Hopper)?
This was the first election which used computers for tabulation.
What is the 1952 presidential election of Dwight Eisenhower?
This game simulated the settling of the American West with a migrating wagon trail.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This is the car model Bill Gates drove away in on his last day at Microsoft.
What is a Ford Focus?
This MGA service will help you write, proof, and correct your writing.
What is the MGA writing center?
This was the year the first major commercial aired for personal computers.
What is 1977?
The first computer inventor.
This was the first major hit commercial game by Atari.
What is PONG?
This operating system changed computing and was sold to almost all major home personal computer manufacturers.
What is Windows Operating System?
This center offers tutoring and tips/best practices to be successful.
What is the MGA Student Success Center?
This commercial only aired once on television during a Super Bowl. It revolutionized advertising for computers, and it is still remembered today.
What is the Apple MacIntosh 1984 Commercial?
Besides war efforts, this was a major use of computers before they became household items.
What is counting for the census?
This major Japanese game (particularly hand-helds) manufacturer was also a card game manufacturer. (And still is.)
What is Nintendo?
This software package which is still sold today included productivity software including writing, presentation, spreadsheet, and database.
What is the food truck?
What is the internet?
This communications network started as a short-term military experiment.