Computer Inventors

Why did Charles Babbage create the "Difference Engine"?

• To create the idea of the internet

• To prevent error-prone mathematical tables

• To create the first telephone

• To create electricity

What timeframe did Charles Babbage work on the "Difference Engine"?

• 1921-1925

• 1821-1833

• 1990-2002

• 1800-1892

The Difference Engine was invented correctly and there were no need for improvements?

• True

• False

What year did Babbage create the Difference Engine #2?

• 1848

• 1858

• 1868

• 1878

Who is the first author of a computer program?

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Charles Darwin

• Alan Turing

Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage NEVER met.

• True

• False

What did Charles Babbage ask Ada Lovelace to do?

• Create a calculator

• Program the first computer

• Translate a description of the difference engine

Who wrote the first computer algorithm?

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• Niels Bohr

• Alan Turing

Who is known to be the inventor of modern computing?

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Darwin

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

Who was hired to work for the British Army as a code breaker?

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Charles Darwin