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Software Engineering History

Software Engineering

A collection of historical facts regarding the evolution of software engineering.

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8 Questions Easy Ages 12+ Apr 20, 2026

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1 In what year was the term 'Software Engineering' first used in a formal NATO conference title?
  • A 1968
  • B 1975
  • C 1982
  • D 1990
2 Which female mathematician is widely credited as the world's first computer programmer?
  • A Grace Hopper
  • B Ada Lovelace
  • C Margaret Hamilton
  • D Adele Goldberg
3 Grace Hopper is famous for developing which of the following?
  • A The first graphical user interface
  • B The first compiler
  • C The C programming language
  • D The World Wide Web
4 The term 'bug' for a computer glitch was popularized after an incident involving a moth in which computer?
  • A ENIAC
  • B UNIVAC
  • C Harvard Mark II
  • D IBM 701
5 Margaret Hamilton led the team that developed the flight software for which historic mission?
  • A Apollo 11
  • B Voyager 1
  • C Sputnik 1
  • D Hubble Telescope
6 Which programming language was developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs in 1972?
  • A Python
  • B Java
  • C C
  • D Fortran
7 What does the acronym 'COBOL', a language designed for business use in 1959, stand for?
  • A Common Business Oriented Language
  • B Computer Basic Operating Language
  • C Central Business Object Logic
  • D Corporate Binary Oriented Language
8 The first high-level programming language released for commercial use was:
  • A C++
  • B FORTRAN
  • C BASIC
  • D Pascal
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