Overview of Computer Science

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What is the central focus of computer science?

Cryptography and computer security

Hardware and software design

Algorithms and data structures (correct)

Computer graphics and computational geometry

Which discipline involves studying abstract models of computation and general classes of problems?

Programming language theory

Theory of computation (correct)

Database theory

Computer architecture

What do cryptography and computer security primarily focus on?

Secure communication and preventing security vulnerabilities (correct)

Generating images

Constructing computer components

Managing repositories of data

Which area investigates the interfaces through which humans and computers interact?

Human–computer interaction Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concern of software engineering?

Developing software Signup and view all the answers

Who is often referred to as the 'father of computing'?

Charles Babbage Signup and view all the answers

Which individual is considered the first computer scientist and information theorist?

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Signup and view all the answers

Who published the first algorithm intended for processing on a computer?

Ada Lovelace Signup and view all the answers

Which individual invented the tabulator using punched cards to process statistical data?

Herman Hollerith Signup and view all the answers

In what year did Thomas de Colmar launch the mechanical calculator industry with his arithmometer?

1820 Signup and view all the answers

Overview of Computer Science

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What is the central focus of computer science?

Which discipline involves studying abstract models of computation and general classes of problems?

What do cryptography and computer security primarily focus on?

Which area investigates the interfaces through which humans and computers interact?

What is the primary concern of software engineering?

Who is often referred to as the 'father of computing'?

Which individual is considered the first computer scientist and information theorist?

Who published the first algorithm intended for processing on a computer?

Which individual invented the tabulator using punched cards to process statistical data?

In what year did Thomas de Colmar launch the mechanical calculator industry with his arithmometer?

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