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Software Engineering Milestones

Software Engineering

A collection of historical firsts, inventions, and major discoveries in the field of software engineering.

History Programming Computer Science

7 Questions Medium Ages 5+ Apr 9, 2026

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1 Who is credited with popularizing the term 'software engineering' during her work on the Apollo missions?

A Ada Lovelace
B Grace Hopper
C Margaret Hamilton
D Jean Bartik

2 Which programming language, released in 1957, is recognized as the first high-level language?

A COBOL
B Fortran
C ALGOL
D BASIC

3 Who developed the first compiler, the A-0 system, in 1952?

A Grace Hopper
B Alan Turing
C John von Neumann
D Donald Knuth

4 What was the name of the first version control system, released in 1972 by Marc Rochkind?

A CVS
B SVN
C Git
D SCCS

5 Which language, developed in the 1960s, is considered the first object-oriented programming language?

A C++
B Smalltalk
C Simula
D Lisp

6 In which year was the 'Gang of Four' book, which introduced software design patterns, first published?

A 1989
B 1994
C 1998
D 2001

7 E.F. Codd published the foundational paper 'A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks' in which year?

A 1970
B 1965
C 1975
D 1980

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