Names & Dates
About what year was the first form of Computer Science recorded? (Bonus points for who it was)
About 2700 B.C.E (Created by Abacus)
What are medium level programming languages?
They are languages with the characteristics of both high and low level languages.
What is 1 example of a low level programming language?
Machine Code/Binary or Assembly Code
Who developed the first computer algorithm? (Bonus points for the date)
Ada Lovelace (in 1843)
What is are low level programming languages? (3 parts, 2 correct to get points, 3 correct and you will get extra points.)
Codes that are hard to understand or edit, have less keywords, and no/less need to convert into machine code.
What are two examples of high level programming languages? (Please use examples from the presentation.)
Java, C++, C, C#, .Net, Pascal, or COBOL
What was the first personal computer to be sold in the U.S.A? (Bonus points for when it was first released)
The first personal computer was the Konbak-1, and it was released in 1971
What is computer science?(Extra points if you use the quote I used in my presentation.)
“The study of computers and algorithmic processes, including their principles, their hardware and software designs, their applications, and their impact on society." - By Unknown
What is the type of code that only uses ones and zeros?
Binary Code
When was the first digital and programmable computer invented? (Bonus points for what it was called and who it was created by)
The Z3 was invented in 1941 by Konrad Zuse
What are parallel computers?
The simultaneous use of multiple computing resources to solve a computational problem
Which computer programming language does Alice's dad work on the compiler for?
C++