Coding
The coding "language" used for representing coding concepts as interlocking blocks
Blockly
Open a new tab in your web browser
CTRL + T
The port of a computer used for short-distance digital data communication and transfer
USB port
He founded Apple
Steve Jobs
Released in Japan in 1983 as the Family Computer, or Famicom, this company was the first to bundle a console system along with select games and helped make Super Mario Brothers one of the best-selling video games in history.
Nintendo
The first word in a conditional statement
IF
Paste previously copied text or images
CTRL + V
The hardware within a computer that executes programs
Processor or central processing unit
One of the founders of Microsoft and the namesake of one of the largest, private foundations in the world
Bill Gates
This company is responsible for one of the first gaming consoles and, in 1972, released the popular game Pong
Atari
One of the three core coding technologies of the Internet that is also another word for coffee
Java(script)
CTRL + Z
A device used for internal data storage
Hard disk drive, or HDD
He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science and was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the WW2 movie The Imitation Game
Alan Turing
This game helped to pioneer the now-ubiquitous first-person shooter and was made into a movie in 2005 starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Doom
One of the main coding languages used in Hour of Code, which is also a type of snake
Python
Reload a webpage
CTRL + R
A piece of hardware used to keep computers from overheating
Fans
One of the owner / founders of Arduino, who guided us through video tutorials
Massimo Banzi
Computer science students in the 1980's largely spent their time in the lab playing this game, designed to teach students about the realities of 19th century pioneer life in the western U.S.
Oregon Trail
This is the word for a sequence of coding instructions that is executed repeatedly
Loop
Find/search for a word or series of words on a webpage
A networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, used as the link between home computers and the Internet
Router
She is recognized as the world's first computer programmer and is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine
Ada Lovelace
During the 2018 NHL playoffs, the Washington Capitals were known to pass their free time playing which racing game from the Nintendo 64
Mario Kart 64