Early Calculating Machines and Algorithms Quiz

• A high-level programming language for general-purpose computing
• A mode of operating a computer in which tasks are executed one after the other
• A shorthand syntax for writing computer programs using alphanumeric mnemonic symbols (correct)
• A language used for creating web-based applications

• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
• Alan Turing and John von Neumann
• Grace Hopper and Charles Babbage
• John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry (correct)

• Declared it as a fully operational device
• Declared it as a failure in the history of computing
• Declared it as the first general-purpose computer
• Declared it as prior art, invalidating the ENIAC patent (correct)

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