Icons of Computer Science

Who is known as the "Father of Computer Science"?

• Steve Jobs

• Alan Turing

• Bill Gates

• Mark Zuckerberg

Which computer scientist is famous for developing the first compiler for a computer programming language?

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Linus Torvalds

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

• Vint Cerf

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Larry Page

• Sergey Brin

Which of the following individuals is known for their work on the development of the Linux operating system?

• Linus Torvalds

• Bill Gates

• Steve Wozniak

• Dennis Ritchie

Who is considered the first computer programmer?

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• John von Neumann

• Alan Turing

Which computer scientist is known for their contributions to artificial intelligence and coining the term "machine learning"?

• Marvin Minsky

• John McCarthy

• Arthur Samuel

• Claude Shannon

Who developed the C programming language?

• Ken Thompson

• Dennis Ritchie

• Brian Kernighan

• Bjarne Stroustrup

Which of the following individuals is known for their work on the theory of computation and formal languages?

• Noam Chomsky

• Donald Knuth

• John von Neumann

• Alan Turing

Who is known for their pioneering work in the field of information theory?

• Claude Shannon

• Alan Turing

• John McCarthy

• Marvin Minsky

Which computer scientist is known for their work on the development of the first electronic general-purpose computer, ENIAC?

• John von Neumann

• J. Presper Eckert

• Alan Turing

• Grace Hopper