Super Six of Computer Science

Who is widely regarded as the first computer programmer due to her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine?

• Grace Hopper

• Ada Lovelace

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Tim Berners-Lee

Which British mathematician and inventor designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, early mechanical computers?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Grace Hopper

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Dorothy Vaughan

Which pioneering computer scientist developed the first compiler for a computer programming language?

• Grace Hopper

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

Dorothy Vaughan was a leading mathematician and computer programmer at which American organisation?

• NASA

• Bletchley Park

• CERN

• University of Cambridge

Alan Turing is famous for his work during World War II at Bletchley Park, where he helped break which code?

• Morse Code

• Enigma Code

• Binary Code

• ASCII Code

Which of the following is NOT associated with the history of computer science?

• Analytical Engine

• World Wide Web

• Steam Engine

• Turing Machine

Who wrote the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine?

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Alan Turing

Which of the following statements about Tim Berners-Lee is TRUE?

• He invented the first electronic computer.

• He created the first web browser and web server.

• He broke the Enigma code.

• He developed the first compiler.

Grace Hopper is often referred to by which nickname?

• The Queen of Code

• The Mother of the Internet

• The Lady with the Lamp

• The Enigma Breaker