People in Computer Science
This person is a soon to be graduate from SUNY Brockport. She is a dedicated developer, and student as well as the President of Brockport Women in Technology.
Trinity Thiele
What is the output of this code snippet?
int x = 5;
int y = 10;
System.out.println(x++ + ++y);
16
In 1947, Grace Hopper and her team found a moth inside a Harvard Mark II computer, causing it to malfunction. They later coined the term ______ after removing the insect
Bug/Debugging
This popular programming language, named after a type of coffee, is known for its 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' capability.
Java
Which professor is the advisor for all students in the Computing Sciences department
Daniel Rogers
This British mathematician and cryptanalyst is famous for breaking the Enigma code during World War II
Alan Turing
What is the output of this code snippet?
public class Example{
public static void main(String[] args){
int x = 7;
int y =2;
double result = x/y;
System.out.println(result);
}
}
3.0
Released in 1984, this computer was notable for introducing a graphical user interface and a mouse, significantly changing how users interacted with computers.
Apple Macintosh
This programming language, named after a British comedy group, is known for its readability and wide use in data science, web development, and automation.
Python
This Turkish professor is also the advisor for the Brockport Women in Technology (BWIT) club
Derya Ipek Eroglu
This 19th-century mathematician is often considered the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace
What is the output of this code snippet
int a = 5, b = 12, c = 13;
boolean isRightTriangle = (a * a + b * b == c * c)
if(isRightTriangle){
System.out.println("Right triangle");
}
else {
System.out.println("Not a right triangle");
}
Right triangle
Before modern keyboards, this method of programming involved using physical cards with holes punched in them to represent data or instructions, and was commonly used in early computers like the IBM 1401.
punch card programming
This programming language, developed in the early 1970s, is known for its efficiency and low-level capabilities, and has influenced languages like C++, Java, and Python.
C
Which professor has a Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design from a University in Ghana, and also the advisor for the Computer Science Club
Dr. Eric Owusu
In 1991, this Finnish software engineer created the Linux kernel, which became the foundation for one of the most widely used open-source operating systems.
Linus Torvalds
What is the output of this code snippet?
int[] numbers = {1,2,3,4,5};
for(int i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++){
if(numbers[i] % 2 == 0){
continue
}
System.out.println(numbers[i] + " ");
}
1 3 5
This early operating system, introduced in 1969 by AT&T’s Bell Labs, became the basis for many modern systems, including Linux and MacOS.
UNIX
This language is used to manage and manipulate relational databases, allowing users to perform operations such as querying, updating, and deleting data.
SQL
Who is the Department Chair for the department of Computing Science
Dr.Mehruz Kamal
This computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral developed the first compiler and was instrumental in the creation of COBOL, one of the earliest high-level programming languages.
Grace Hopper
What is the output of this code snippet
String[] words = {"apple", "banana", "cherry", "date");
String result = "";
for(int i = words.length - 1; i >= 0; i --){
result += words[i].charAt(0);
}
System.out.println(result);
dcba
This network, created in 1969 by the U.S. Department of Defense, is considered the precursor to the modern internet
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
This low-level programming language uses mnemonic codes to represent machine-level instructions and is closely tied to the architecture of a computer’s CPU.
Assembly
Which professor helped launch the ACM SigAI student chapter at SUNY Brockport
Dr. Ning Yu