Evolution of Computing Quiz

Who is considered the father of the computer?

• Charles Babbage

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• John von Neumann

Which mathematician is known for proposing the concept of a universal machine?

• Konrad Zuse

• Alan Turing

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

Who is considered the world's first programmer?

• Grace Hopper

• Herman Hollerith

• Ada Lovelace

• John von Neumann

Which American inventor designed one of the first successful electromechanical machines?

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Herman Hollerith

What was the first programming language to be introduced in 1949?

• Fortran

• Cobol

• BASIC

• Assembly

Who invented the integrated circuit in 1958?

• Jack Kilby

• John Atanasoff

• Howard Aiken

• Douglas Engelbart

Which computer was considered the first successful high-speed electronic digital computer?

• EDVAC

• Colossus

• ABC

• ENIAC

What was the first memory device introduced in 1951?

• Hard Drive

• Floppy Disk

• DRAM

• Random-access Magnetic Core Store

Who is credited with coining the word 'debugging'?

• Grace Hopper

• Ada Lovelace

• John von Neumann

• Konrad Zuse

Which German engineer invented the world's first programmable computer?

• Blaise Pascal

• Konrad Zuse

• Charles Babbage

• Gottfried Leibniz