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From Ada Lovelace to Konrad Zuse: you may well have heard the names of these great computing pioneers at some point. But do you know what their pioneering achievements were? Test your pioneer knowledge in this quiz.
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Question 1: Ada Lovelace is famous for being the first computer programmer in the world. In tribute to this achievement, the programming language Ada was named after her in the 1970s.
Question 2: James Gosling developed the object-oriented programming language Java in the early 1990s.
Question 3: Niklaus Wirth became world famous for creating the programming language Pascal, which he developed between 1968 and 1972.
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Question 4: Cryptanalyst Alan Turin famously came up with the Turing Test to determine artificial intelligence.
Question 5: On 12 March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations for the World Wide Web. He developed the programming language HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
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Question 6: Robert Tappan Morris created the first internet worm.
Question 7: Bob Metcalfe is credited with being the inventor of the cable-based technology
Ethernet for networking computers.
Question 8: Larry Page co-created Google with Sergey Brin.
Question 9: Konrad Zuse is credited with being the inventor of the first ever computer. Based in his workshop in his parents’ flat, the civil engineer worked on developing the Z1 computer up to 1938, the first binary-operating, programmable, mechanical calculating machine.
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Question 1: Ada Lovelace is famous for being the first computer programmer in the world. In tribute to this achievement, the programming language Ada was named after her in the 1970s.
Question 2: James Gosling developed the object-oriented programming language Java in the early 1990s.
Find out more about James Gosling in the computer magazine Computerwoche
Question 3: Niklaus Wirth became world famous for creating the programming language Pascal, which he developed between 1968 and 1972.
Learn more about Niklaus Wirth from Swisscom
Find out more about Niklaus Wirth from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Question 4: Cryptanalyst Alan Turin famously came up with the Turing Test to determine artificial intelligence.
Question 5: On 12 March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations for the World Wide Web. He developed the programming language HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
Find out more about Tim Berners-Lee
Question 6: Robert Tappan Morris created the first internet worm.
Find out more about Robert Tappan Morris in the computer magazine Computerbild
Question 7: Bob Metcalfe is credited with being the inventor of the cable-based technology
Ethernet for networking computers.
Find out more about Bob Metcalfe in the computer magazine Computerwoche
Question 8: Larry Page co-created Google with Sergey Brin.
Find out more about Larry Page from the German Informatics Society
Question 9: Konrad Zuse is credited with being the inventor of the first ever computer. Based in his workshop in his parents’ flat, the civil engineer worked on developing the Z1 computer up to 1938, the first binary-operating, programmable, mechanical calculating machine.
RestartHere you will find all the correct answers plus background information.
Question 1: Ada Lovelace is famous for being the first computer programmer in the world. In tribute to this achievement, the programming language Ada was named after her in the 1970s.
Question 2: James Gosling developed the object-oriented programming language Java in the early 1990s.
Find out more about James Gosling in the computer magazine Computerwoche
Question 3: Niklaus Wirth became world famous for creating the programming language Pascal, which he developed between 1968 and 1972.
Learn more about Niklaus Wirth from Swisscom
Find out more about Niklaus Wirth from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Question 4: Cryptanalyst Alan Turin famously came up with the Turing Test to determine artificial intelligence.
Question 5: On 12 March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee laid the foundations for the World Wide Web. He developed the programming language HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).
Find out more about Tim Berners-Lee
Question 6: Robert Tappan Morris created the first internet worm.
Find out more about Robert Tappan Morris in the computer magazine Computerbild
Question 7: Bob Metcalfe is credited with being the inventor of the cable-based technology
Ethernet for networking computers.
Find out more about Bob Metcalfe in the computer magazine Computerwoche
Question 8: Larry Page co-created Google with Sergey Brin.
Find out more about Larry Page from the German Informatics Society
Question 9: Konrad Zuse is credited with being the inventor of the first ever computer. Based in his workshop in his parents’ flat, the civil engineer worked on developing the Z1 computer up to 1938, the first binary-operating, programmable, mechanical calculating machine.
RestartAre you also keen to do pioneering work in your IT job? We are looking for pioneers like you.