Computers through Ada Lovelace

Computer memory that temporarily stores copies of recently accessed data, such as web pages.

Name the base 2 number system consisting of just zeros and ones.

__________ - the first programmable electronic digital computer.

__________ is an example of a block coding language developed by the Media Lab at MIT.

The lines of instructions in a computer program are called __________.

What does GPU stand for?

Designed the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine, two early mechanical computer designs

Python and JavaScript are examples of __________.

RFID stands for __________.

A set of instructions a computer uses to perform a certain task.

A __________ is the most basic part of a computer's processor.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built the first _________ computer in 1976.

A large, super-high-performance computer used mainly in businesses and research labs.

Monitors, speakers and printers are examples if __________ devices.

Programs designed to damage and/or spy on your computer.

In computer programming, a __________ is a temporary and changeable value.

In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was safe to implant _______ into people.

Allows you to click and drag files with a mouse instead of typing text into a command prompt.

Instructions written for a computer are called a __________.

What does RAM stand for?

Along with Paul Allen, __________ founded the company Microsoft in 1975.

The program __________ wrote would allow the Analytical Engine to calculate Bernoulli numbers.

Binary is a __________ system.

Early electronic computers used __________ to create the logic gates needed for computation.

Acronym for the universal standard by which all computers represent letters and numbers

The acronym ENIAC stands for __________.

1,024 kilobytes is a __________.

A __________ is a series of steps or instructions that a computer can follow.

The physical parts of a computer are the

The IBM corporation has a long history in the development of modern computing. IBM stands for

A port used to connect devices like keyboards and flash drives to computers quickly.

A program that converts human language programs into machine code is known as a (an) _________.

Who built an electro-mechanical computer to help tabulate the 1890 census?

Python is one example of a programming __________.

Invented in 1971, the first __________ had 2300 microscopic transitors

A __________, made up of 8 bits, is the amount of memory required to store a single character.

The computer's "active" memory where it holds the programs and data it is processing

Who developed programs for Babbage's engines, becoming the world's first computer programmer?

The circuit board that connects the CPU, RAM, input and output devices

People who don't like and/or don't trust new technology are known as __________.

The Analytical Engine was design to accept instructions from __________.

In math, an unknown value is called a (an) __________.

COBOL is an acronym for __________.

What does ASCII stand for?

Also known as an if-then-else statement, this tells the computer what to do based on a variable

Keyboards, mice and cameras are examples of __________ devices

The acronym ROM stands for __________.

The main program that runs a computer and manages all of the other programs.

An early way to store computer data was the __________.

Early electronic general purpose computer the US Army used to calculate artillery firing tables

Repeating a section of code is called a (an) __________.

Set of instructions designed to perform a frequently used operation (also know as a subroutine)

The acronym GUI stands for __________.

Set of instructions designed to perform a frequently used operation (also know as a function)

A (An) __________ is a very precise step-by-step series of ordered instructions.

Invented in 1947, this quickly replaced vacuum tubes in early computers (much more reliable)

When a computer encodes information so it is only readable by someone who has the correct "key"

Grace Hopper helped create __________, one of the earliest English based programming languages.

A computer's programs and files are the

Ada Lovelace's father was the famous poet __________.

________ was an early advocate for programming in human languages and helped develop compilers.

This would have been the world's first programmable computer if it had been built

Basic unit for measuring processor speed in clock cycles per second (waves per second).

__________ is considered by many to be the first computer programmer.

Microchips implanted into pets to help identify them are a type of __________ chip.

The basic unit of digital information ( a 0 or 1)

If you are solving math problems, then you are being a (an) __________.

1,024 gigabytes is a __________.

Early calculating tool that worked by sliding objects like beads along a wire or groove

A very important part of programming is making sure you have the steps in the right __________.

1,024 bytes is a __________.

What does CPU stand for?

Microsoft Windows is a type of __________.

Going through a function or loop once - it can also mean a particular version of something.

Part of the computer that "thinks" - runs programs, calculates, etc.

Computer programs are written in various programming __________.

1,024 megabytes is a __________.

Series of computers created by the British during WW II to help decrypt secret German messages.

A type of "built-in" memory that can't be altered or erased; it often holds boot instructions

Our normal numeral system is a __________ system.

The difference engine was designed by __________.

How many bits in a byte?

About 1 billion clock cycles per second and a common unit of measure for modern processors.

USB stands for __________.

Mistakes in computer code are called __________.