Code Monkeys
One of the most popular interpreter-based programming languages which sees heavy use in AI/ML and data science workflows.
Python
A type of Integrated Circuit that can be programmed and re-programmed with arbitrary logic.
FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
Regarded as the "First Programmer", this woman wrote the first program for the Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace
The port number used for HTTP
80 (or 8080)
A type of computer malware that repeatedly clones itself to exhaust system resources
Fork Bomb
A sorting algorithm that involves recursively breaking down a list and recombining the pieces
Merge Sort
An electrical component that holds a charge and filters out DC
Capacitor
Regarded as the "Father of the Computer", this man created the Difference Engine.
Charles Babbage
The (approximate) clock speed of modern consumer processors (in GHz)
3-6 GHz
A system that is isolated from the outside world/network in every way possible
Airgapped system
This programming language is known for being extremely memory-safe, fast, and high-performance. It's mascot is a crab.
Rust
An electronic component, often used in amplifying or switching signals, that has three layers of semiconductor material.
Transistor
Credited with inventing a theoretical computing machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules.
Alan Turing
0xDEADBEEF, 0xCAFEBABE, and 0xBEEFCAFE are examples of this, found in computer programs.
Magic Number, Canary
The method used to make hashes more secure by adding random information to the data before hashing it.
Salting
The process in which languages like Java manage memory, in order to be able to allocate new memory to variables and objects.
Garbage Collection
A method of encoding data in a radio wave by varying the frequency of the RF
FM (Frequency Modulation, also accept FSK)
The first programming language. Created by John Backus at IBM. Best suited for scientific and numeric computing.
FORTRAN
The maximum value representable by the "int" datatype (in standard C)
2,147,483,647 (anything on the order of 2 billion, 100 million)
These two people are credited with the concept behind public-key cryptography
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman
This programming paradigm, exemplified by Haskell and Lisp, emphasizes immutability and functions as first-class citizens. (this question was written by ChatGPT!)
Functional Programming
A type of directional antenna composed of several passive director elements, a reflector, and one driven dipole
Yagi (or Yagi-Uda) Antenna
The year of release for the Intel 8080, often called the First Microprocessor.
1974
The x86-64 architecture has this many GPRs
16
This computer virus was one of the earliest widespread examples of a "worm", taking the form of a VBS script propagated via email.
ILOVEYOU (.TXT.vbs)