History of computer science

Question 0

When did computer science become a new field of study?

Answer 0

Around 1940

Question 1

How long has traditional science been around?

Answer 1

Hundred or thousands of years

Question 2

What are the three themes of computer science?

Answer 2

Hardware, software, and theory

Question 3

True or false?

Scientific community were slow to notice the importance of computer science

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or false?

Government and industry were against computer science

Answer 4

False. They accepted them

Question 5

When did college and university acknowledge computer science as a field of study?

Answer 5

1970s or 80s

Question 6

Why were scientific community slow to accept computer science as a different field of study?

Answer 6

Because computer science is similar to math or engineering

Question 7

What is computer science?

Answer 7

Study of computation

Question 8

What does computation mean?

Answer 8

Computation means problem solving (algorithms and executing programs)

Question 9

What are the 4 steps of the scientific method

Answer 9

Hypothesize
Design
Experiment
Analyze

Question 10

Fun fact: computer science uses the scientific method for designing effective algorithms

Answer 10

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Question 11

Define artificial science

Answer 11

Study of things made by humans

Question 12

Define natural science

Answer 12

Study of things created by nature

Question 13

Who created the term artificial science?

Answer 13

Herbert Simon

Question 14

What was the alternative name for computer science? (Hint: Donald Knuth)

Answer 14

Algorithmics

Question 15

What is hardware?

Answer 15

Physical components of the computer

Question 16

What is software?

Answer 16

Programs that execute on the computers

Question 17

What is theory?

Answer 17

Understanding the capabilities and limitations of computers

Question 18

Who’s design were modern computers based on?

Answer 18

Von Neumann

Question 19

What are the three main hardware of a computer?

Answer 19

Central processing unit (CPU)
Memory
Input/output devices

Question 20

Define throughput

Answer 20

Amount of work finished in a given time

Question 21

Define parallel processing

Answer 21

Computer’s computation burden is split between multiple CPUs

Question 22

Give examples of the different type of software workers

Answer 22

Programmers, Stanton analyst, and software engineer.

Question 23

What are the three type of software?

Answer 23

System software
Development software
Applications software

Question 24

Define system software and give an example

Answer 24

Programs that control hardware components Examples like programs that run printers or mouses and also manages files

Question 25

Define development software and give an example

Answer 25

Programs that help develop other programs Ex. Microsoft. NET helps develop Java

Question 26

Define applications software and give an example

Answer 26

A program that encompasses all other programs to perform a wide variety of task. Ex. Web browser like internet explorer

Question 27

What is the most common software expert?

Answer 27

Programmer who design algorithm and create programs

Question 28

Fun fact: theoretical computer scientists' work is related to mathematics and formal logic

Answer 28

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Question 29

When was the Turing machine created and by who?

Answer 29

1930, Alan Turing created the Turing machine

Question 30

What is the Turing machine?

Answer 30

An abstract computational machine that can read and write on an infinite tape. It was also programmable

Question 31

Fun fact: Turing machine is as powerful as modern computers and is a good tool to study computation

Answer 31

Wow

Question 32

What were three thing Alan Turing proved with his Turing machine?

Answer 32

1. There are problems that even computers cannot solve 2. You cannot write a program that determines whether another program will terminate. (Halting problem of 1930) 3. It is impossible to write a program that will identify all infinite loop within other programs

Question 33

What is the Halting problem of 1930?

Answer 33

Turing proved that you cannot write a program to determine whether another program will terminate

Question 34

Definite infinite loop

Answer 34

Program that includes repetition and it's condition remains the same which results in a program that never terminates

Question 35

Fun fact; computer science involves

Answer 35

Math, engineering and natural science

Question 36

Who created the alternative term for computer science? ("Algorithmics")

Answer 36

Donald Knuth