History of Computing KS3

Who invented the Difference Engine?

• Charles Blubber

• Charles Babbage

• Charles Baggage

• Charles Blagger

Who is this icon of Computing?

• Steve Jobs

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Grace Hopper

• Bill Gates

Who is this icon of Computing?

• Steve Jobs

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Grace Hopper

• Bill Gates

Who is this icon of Computing?

• Steve Jobs

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Grace Hopper

• Bill Gates

Grace Hopper found a moth stuck in a relay responsible for a malfunction, and removed it, calling it _______.

• Operating

• Cleaning

• Hacking

• Debugging

Name the person.

• Alan Turing

• Al-Khwarizmi

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

Who was known for building the first programmable mechanical computer in the year 1820?

• Charles Darwin

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

• Herman Hollerith

a two-digit system of 0's and 1's that computers use to store and transfer information on computers is known as:

• base 10 numbers

• hexadecimals

• decimal numbers

• binary numbers

This woman was an important contributor to computer programming in the early days of high level computer languages.

• Ada Byron

• J. Kilby

• Francis Holberton

• Grace Hopper

What does the 'PC' stand for?

• Personal Computer

• Private Computer

• Posh Computer

• Petite Computer