Software Engineering Terms
A set of instructions that tells the computer what to do
Software
In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his early business partner Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Company that founded the Internet Explorer
Microsoft
Which HTML tag allows you to create a numbered list
<ol>
Names for this keyboard symbol include "cat's tail" in Finnish and "Strudel" in Hebrew
@ sign
Organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system
Database
Developed the Linux operating system
Linus Torvalds
On Jan 27, 2010 the CEO of this company announced their latest creation, the iPad
Apple
What does HTML stand for?
Hyper Text Markup Language
This 4-letter certification is given for equipment that uses the IEEE 802.11 standard.
Wi-fi
Process of identifying and fixing errors or defects in software programs or codes
Debugging
Alan Turing was trying to break what code
Enigma
This company, nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States.
IBM
This 5-letter service that lets you video chat with faraway people over the Internet is now part of Microsoft.
Skype
Ordinary analog phone lines that deliver a low-cost broadband data connection use this 3-letter technology.
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
Process of converting data into an unreadable form to protect it from unauthorized access and used to protect data confidentiality
Encryption
Originated the concept of a programmable general-purpose computer; designed the Analytical Engine and built a prototype for a less powerful mechanical calculator.
Charles Babbage
This company, founded in 1984, rapidly staked out control over the market for switches and routers and then made a successful bid for a big chunk of the market with its Unified Computing System.
Cisco Systems
Which HTML tag allows you to highlight text
<mark>
In 2003 Dell made this computer part on its PCs an option; Apple had stopped including it on Macintoshes 5 years earlier.
Floppy Disk Drive
Set of practices that combines software development and IT operations to achieve faster software delivery and increased reliability
DevOps
Pioneered the C programming language and the Unix computer operating system at Bell Labs. Name one
Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson
This company, headquartered in Santa Clara was founded in July 1968 by American engineers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore.
Intel Corporation
Created in 2003, this site where 27 million people have home pages passed Google in hits in 2005.
MySpace
Which type of operating system is permanently programmed into a hardware device?
Firmware