History of
Computer Science
Computer Science
This unit of measurement is a portmanteau of binary digit
What is a bit
This person is the Founder and Ex-CEO of Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates
"Cars" was the final Pixar film to be released on VHS and also the first to be released on this post-DVD high-resolution technology?
What is Blu Ray
This company was charged with creating a monopoly when they shipped their operating system with a web browser pre-installed
What is Microsoft
ChatGPT is a novel rendition of this
These flying messengers were faster at transferring data than the internet until 2010
What are carrier pigeons
This Tech Company CEO and Harvard grad created a prototype of his product that only allowed college students
Who is Mark Zuckerberg
Often pronounced “gooey”, GUI is short for this well-known three-word tech term?
Graphical User Interface
This, now video game company, started out as a playing card manufacturer
What is Nintendo
In a Tesla, you can use this method to get to your destination
What is Autonomous Driving
This type of flying bug is responsible for causing a computer malfunction which spawned the term "bug"
What is a moth
This Steve was a co-founder and single handedly designed the hardware, circuit board designs of the Apple I
Web browsers use this sweet computer term to refer to information that is sent from the browser to the web server
What is a cookie
This website, now owned by Google, is the direct result of a Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction
What is YouTube
This describes the possibility to add sensors, controls and internet access to different things
What is Internet of Things (IOT)
This was the first thing a webcam was used to view
This person created the Linux Operating System
Who is Linus Torvalds
This is the somewhat-logical term for the internet prank and meme in which an unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up" is "planted" into an unrelated link
What is "Rickrolling"
This social media giant has servers all over the world, including New Mexico
What is Meta (Facebook)
You are able to store files locally or in this high altitude location
What is the cloud
This tech company developed the first "smartphone" in 1994
What is IBM
This person led a team to crack Germany's enigma machine during WWII
Who is Alan Turing
What is a nibble
This streaming service was founded in 1997
What is Netflix
These currencies are created by “Blockchain” or Distributed Ledger Technology-Networks
What is Crypto-Currency