10 Questions
Who was the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
Which language was designed for businessmen with data types as numbers and strings of text?
COBOL
Who developed the first major programming language FORTRAN?
John Backus
Which language was created for scientific use and led to languages such as Pascal, C, C++, and Java?
ALGOL
Who developed C with Classes, which later evolved into Object Oriented Programming (OOP)?
Bjarne Stroustrup
Which computer is considered the first electronic digital computer?
Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
What is the term used to describe any object that is capable of being manipulated?
Operand
Which operator is used to check if the values of two operands are equal or not?
== (equality)
What type of operators are used for mathematical calculations in Python?
Arithmetic operators
Which type of quantity has values that do not change during execution in programming?
Constant
Test your knowledge of important milestones in the history of computer science, from the first computer programmer Ada Lovelace to the development of early electronic digital computers and the discovery of the first bug in a computer. Explore the key events that shaped the evolution of computing technology.
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