| Term | Definition |
|---|
| When did John Von Neumann begin to work at Princeton University? | 1930 |
| What type of expert was he on the Manhattan Project? | implosion expert |
| In 1945, Von Neumann described a computer having what? | a central processing unit, memory section, and connection between them to use and store data |
| Who proposed the Mark 1 design to IBM? | Howard Aiken |
| What did Howard Aiken often say even though it wasn't true? | "I am a simple man and I want simple answers." |
| What is named in Aiken's honor in Harvard University? | Aiken Computation Laboratory |
| Where did Grace Hopper earn mathematics degrees? | Vassar College and Yale University |
| Grace became one of the world's first ________ while working on the Mark 1 project? | computer programmers |
| What was the first manual she created/ the second? | The first manual for computer subroutines/ Manual of OPeration for the Mark 1 |
| What was COBOL based on? | Hopper's 1957 Flowmatic language |
| What was Grace Hopper appointed to, making her the highest ranking woman in the U.S. Navy? | Rear Admiral Hopper |
| Who went to work in 1950 at IBM as a programmer? | John Backus |
| What did Backus develop to translate near-English instructions into machine language? | FORTRAN |
| What has FORTRAN been used to design? | cars, skyscrapers, and to put men on the moon |
| What did Jobs and Wozniak design and assemble in 1976? | Apple 1 computer |
| What did they sell their first computer for? (what price?) | $666.000 |
| When did they introduce the Apple 2 computer? | 1977 |
| When did they leave their company? | 1985 |
| What opportunity did Wozniak get from leaving the company? | go back to college and earn his BS in computer science |
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