History of Computer Science Milestones
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Who was the first computer programmer?

  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Atanasoff-Berry
  • Herman Hollerith
  • Ada Lovelace (correct)

Which language was designed for businessmen with data types as numbers and strings of text?

  • ALGOL
  • FORTRAN
  • COBOL (correct)
  • Pascal

Who developed the first major programming language FORTRAN?

  • Bjarne Stroustrup
  • Niklaus Wirth
  • John Backus (correct)
  • Dennis Ritchie

Which language was created for scientific use and led to languages such as Pascal, C, C++, and Java?

<p>ALGOL (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed C with Classes, which later evolved into Object Oriented Programming (OOP)?

<p>Bjarne Stroustrup (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which computer is considered the first electronic digital computer?

<p>Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe any object that is capable of being manipulated?

<p>Operand (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which operator is used to check if the values of two operands are equal or not?

<p>== (equality) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of operators are used for mathematical calculations in Python?

<p>Arithmetic operators (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of quantity has values that do not change during execution in programming?

<p>Constant (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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