Major Contributors to Digital Technology

Who is known as the 'father of computer science'?

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Alan Turing

• Claude Shannon

• John von Neumann

Which architecture did John von Neumann develop?

• Von Neumann architecture

• Turing machine

• Integrated circuit

• Graphical user interface

What is Claude Shannon known for?

• Personal computing

• Information theory

• Social media

• World Wide Web

Who invented the World Wide Web?

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Steve Jobs

• Vint Cerf

• Bill Gates

What protocol did Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn co-develop?

• HTTP

• TCP/IP

• HTML

• FTP

What does Moore's Law predict?

• Doubling of transistors on a microchip

• Development of artificial intelligence

• Increase in internet speed

• Growth of social media

Which company did Bill Gates co-found?

• Facebook

• Apple

• Intel

• Microsoft

What product is Steve Jobs known for developing?

• Windows

• Macintosh

• Android

• Linux

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Who developed the concept of the computer mouse?

• Jack Kilby

• Douglas Engelbart

• Robert Noyce

• Larry Page

Which search engine was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

• Bing

• Google

• DuckDuckGo

• Yahoo