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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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