Computing Science Fun Facts

In what year did Charles Babbage invented the first modern computer?

• 1991

• 1821

• 1970

• 1984

The first programming language was developed in 1945. What was it called?

• Plankalkul

• Binary

• Python

• Machine Code

What does the keyboard shortcut Control, Alt and Delete do?

• Soft reboot

• Undo

• Cut

• Paste

Who invented the WWW?

• John Logie Baird

• Tim Berners Lee

• Alan Turing

• John Boyd Dunlop

How many searches happen on Google every second?

• 40,000

• 4000

• 14000

• 24000

With the standard QWERTY keyboard, what is the largest word that can be made form the top line of letter?

• Your

• Typewriter

• Pot

• Power

A normal human being blinks around 20 times a minute. How often do you blink per minute when looking at a computer screen?

• 20

• 7

• 17

• 3

What percentage of emails sent are spam?

• 80

• 50

• 10

• 17

QWERTY keyboard is not the most efficient keyboard layout. Which one is?

• Azerty

• Colemak

• Dvorak

• Qwertz

9 out of 10 of the world’s supercomputers run on which operating system?

• Linux

• Windows

• Android

• OSX