Carmen
Acronym Soup
Women's History Month
2015
Firsts
100

Where city does Carmen currently work and live?

Eugene

100

You put this on your calendar so people stop scheduling you.

OOO/OOF

100

First person credited with writing the world's first computer algorithm

Ada Lovelace

100

This parent company was created when Google restructured its businesses

What is Alphabet?

100

Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Excel

200

How many children does Carmen have?

2

200

This means "I will do it later" but sounds proactive.

EOD

200

Led development of the Apollo Guidance Computer software and popularized the term software engineering.

 Margaret Hamilton

200

This smartwatch officially launches, marking Apple's first major new product category?

Apple Watch

200

Amazon.com or Google search

300

Where did Carmen previously work before Microsoft?

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

300

This stands for something everyone pretends to love.

AI

300

NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to Mercury, Apollo, and Space Shuttle missions.

Katherine Johnson

300

This operating system launched, giving Microsoft a major comeback after Windows 8.

What is Windows 10.

300

GPS or first smartphone

GPS
400

What is Carmen's birthday month?

December

400

This stands for we spent 30 minutes talking about it, nothing is decided, expect a follow-up meeting.

TBD

400

Ginni Rometty was the first woman to lead this company as CEO in 2012.

IBM

400

This debated dress broke the internet. What were the colors?

Blue/Black and/or White/Gold

400
Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

500

What is Carmen's favorite vacation spot?

Amsterdam
500

This acronym means "it works in testing, but not in prod"

UAT

500

First woman to win the Turing Award; co‑developed compiler theory and the A‑0 system.


Grace Hopper

500

This song featuring Bruno Mars dominated the radio and pop culture.

Uptown Funk

500

Clippy or Geico Gecko

Clippy

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