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Alan Turing
100

He designed the first mechanical computers, the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine.

Who is Charles Babbage?

100

He invented the Java programming language 

Who is James Gosling?

100

He invented the first electronic digital computer 

Who is John Atanasoff?

100

She created the world's first assembly language 

Who is Kathleen Booth?

100

Alan Turing is also known as

Who is the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence?

200

He invented Boolean algebra

Who is George Boole?

200

He Invented FORTRAN,  the first widely used high-level language.

who is John Backus?

200

He invented the World Wide Web 


Who is Tim Berners-Lee?

200

She pioneered and managed first the ARPANET, and then the Defense Data Network (DDN), network information centers (NIC) under contract to the Department of Defense (DoD). 

Who is Elizabeth Feinler?

200

Alan Turing's work during World War II

What is instrumental in breaking German codes during World War II?

300

He revolutionized data processing by developing an electromechanical punched card tabulating system. 

Who is Herman Hollerith?

300

He is responsible for creating several foundational programming languages and tools, including Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript. 

Who is Anders Hejlsberg?

300

He co-invented ENIAC, the first general-purpose, electronic digital computer, alongside John Mauchly.

Who is J. Presper Eckert?

300

She led the Software Engineering Division at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory that developed the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo moon missions 0.5.1, 0.5.2.

Who is Margaret Hamilton?

300

Alan Turing made this machine during World War II to help crack German enigma codes.

What is the Bombe Machine?

400

He revolutionized the textile industry by inventing the Jacquard loom in 1804–1805.

Who is Joseph Marie Jacquard?

400

He coined the term "artificial intelligence," developed the Lisp programming language, pioneered time-sharing systems, and created garbage collection, significantly shaping modern computer science and AI research

Who is John McCarthy?

400

He invented the computer mouse in the 1960s.

Who is Douglas Engelbart?

400

She revolutionized programming by developing the first compiler (A-0), which translated English commands into machine code.

Who is Grace Hopper?

400

Alan Turing was born in ________.

What is June 23, 1912?

500

He designed over 50 automated devices, in the 12th century,—including water clocks, fountains, and musical robots—and pioneered the crankshaft, a foundational component for modern engines and machinery.

Who is Al-Jaziri?

500

He created the C programming language and co-developed the Unix operating system at Bell Labs.

Who is Dennis Ritchie?

500

He designed and built Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer  

Who is Tommy Flowers?

500

She was recognized as the first computer programmer for developing the first algorithm intended for processing by a machine. 

Who is Ada Lovelace?

500

In the final years of his life, Turing worked at the University of ______ and became interested in morphogenesis, the study of how organisms develop shapes and patterns.

What is Manchester?