Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10, Exams of Programming Languages

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Introduction to Computer Science Homework Packet March 23rd^ – March 27th Students, please complete this packet on days that we would normally have class (Tuesday and Friday). Although school has been cancelled, I want to ensure that you are still getting the necessary work to keep your minds fresh and ready for when we return back to school. Day # Quick Start: Please answer the following and explain your reasoning. “Is excessive smartphone use affecting the mental health of teens?” Activity: Complete Worksheet # “Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #10” Directions: Watch the video (link is on the handout) and answer the questions Day # Quick Start: Please answer the following and explain your reasoning. “What are the structural and social barriers students face at home, in schools, and in society that could influence their likelihood to enter the computer science field?” Activity: Complete Worksheet # “First Programming: Crash Course Computer Science #11” Directions: Watch the video (link is on the handout) and answer the questions BONUS ACTIVITY: Making a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Directions: You will attempt to “program” someone to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

1. To begin, please write down instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
2. Once you are done writing your instructions, give them to someone and inform them that they are a computer and that they are going to follow your exact instructions.
3. Evaluate your ability to give adequate instructions (i.e. what went good, bad, etc..)

Early Programming: Crash Course Computer Science

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1. How did Joseph Marie Jackquard ’s programmable textile loom function in 1801? a. Many consider Jacquard’s loom to be one of the earliest forms of __________________________.
2. The world’s first General-Purpose electronic computer, the ______________, completed in 1946, used a ton of plugboards.
3. By the late 1940s and into the 50s, ________________________________________ was becoming feasible. Instead of storing a program as a physical plug board of wires, it became possible to _________________________________________ entirely in a computer’s memory, where it could be easily changed by programmers and quickly accessed by the CPU. These machines were called ______________________________ _____________________.
4. What are the hallmarks of a von Neumann computer?
5. The largest program ever punched into punch cards was the US Air Force’s ___________ ____________________________________________ completed in ___________.
6. A close cousin to punch cards was _________________________________________, which is basically the same idea, but continuously instead of being on individual cards.
7. What was panel programming?
8. The first commercially successful home computer was the _______________________, which was sold in two versions: ______________________ and as a __________.
9. Programming these early computers was the realm of _______________: either _____________________ who did this for a living or __________________________________.