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Coding Vocab
General Coding Trivia
Type of code, or science fiction?
Coding In The Commonwealth
TECHNOLOGY GRAB BAG!
100
What is an algorithm?
A list of steps that you can use to follow a task
100

Name the test that detects whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being. 

What is a Turing Test?

100
C++
REAL CODE!
100

Facebook was invented here

Harvard! 

100

What company codes phones (that sometime explode), washer machines, and now FRIDGES!

Samsung

200
What is a program?
An algorithm (or collection of algorithms) that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine
200

Binary is often referred to as this. (Clue:  Types of Number systems)

What is Base 2.

200
KASSHYK
SCIENCE FICTION
200
This School is at the forefront of all robotics, coding, and overall tech
MIT
200
This American city's public transportation system runs ENTIRELY off of pullies and cables.
What is San Francisco (cable cars)
300
What is looping?
The act of doing something over and over again
300

Name a household item (NOT A COMPUTER OR PHONE) that employs coding and programming to function

Varies ( NEST, ALEXA, etc)

300
Java
Code!
300

What company makes drones for the US military?

Lockheed Martin

300

This technology allowed Ridge High School Senior make face shields for Health Workers.   

What is a 3D Printer. 

400

What are conditionals?

Programs or "rewards" that only run when certain parameters are met.

400

What gameshow did a coded robot intelligence completely DESTROY the human champion in?

Jeopardy! THE GAME WE ARE LITERALLY PLAYING RIGHT NOW! 

400
NeuroNet
Science Fiction
400

Which company did we visit that had the anechoic chamber. 

Nokia Bell Labs

400
This company wants to use drones to deliver packages
Amazon
500
Why is debugging necessary? What causes bugs?
Several programmers working on the same code can create inconsistencies which lead to bugs in the finished product.
500

With how mainstream coding and programming has become, pop culture is beginning to feature it in several tv shows and movies. Name one example of a show or movie that works in coding and/or programming

Varies ( Ex Machina, Social Network, Silicon Valley, etc)

500
ColdFusion
CODE! Used by Adobe
500
What MASSIVE tech/coding internet company has their east coast headquarters in Cambridge??
GOOGLE
500

This well known tech genius is one of the foremost names in clean energy and transportation. 

What is Elon Musk?