Programming History

Question 1

What is the 1st Generation Programming?

Answer 1

Binary Programming

Question 2

What is the 2nd Generation of Programming?

Answer 2

Assembly Language

Question 3

What is the 3rd Generation of Programming?

Answer 3

English-like Languages

Question 4

What is the 4th Generation of Programming?

Answer 4

Object Oriented Programming

Question 5

What are the Possible future programming languages (5th Gen)?

Answer 5

1. Graphical block programming
2. Plain English programming

Question 6

What is Binary Programming?

Answer 6

Coding using 1s and 0s via switches

Question 7

What are computers made of in 1st Gen Programming?

Answer 7

billions of transistors

Question 8

What are transistors?

Answer 8

electronic switches

Question 9

What do the two modes on switches stand for?

Answer 9

1 - ON
0 - OFF

Question 10

What did the first Computer Engineers use to program ones and zeros in computers?

Answer 10

They used physical switches or punch cards.

Question 11

What is Assembly Language (2nd Gen)?

Answer 11

programming language that can be typed in

Question 12

What did Assembly Language replace?

Answer 12

replaced binary commands with 3 letter mnemonics:
ADD 10 3
SUB 12 4
MUL 14 2

Question 13

Are computers still made of transistors in assembly language? What does this mean?

Answer 13

YES… this means that assembly language still needs to be converted/translated/compiled to binary before running.

Question 14

What is English Like Languages (3rd Gen)?

Answer 14

The generation language after assembly which includes:
- english words
- variables
- math symbols

Question 15

What did English Like Lanugages do?

Answer 15

Allowed programming to become more accessible to non-computer engineers.

Question 16

Are computers still made of transistors for English Like Language programming? What does this mean?

Answer 16

YES… it means that 3rd Gen code still has to be compiled to binary before running.

Question 17

What generation programming is this an example of?

if(intMark <50){
printIn(“You fail”);
}else{
printIn(“You pass”);
}

Answer 17

3rd Generation (Java)

Question 18

What are some examples of 3rd Generation coding?

Answer 18

C, Java (G11 Style), Pascal, Basic, Turing

Question 19

What generation programming is this an example of?

0001 1010 0011
0010 1100 0100
0001 0011 1110
0011 1110 0010

Answer 19

1st Gen - Binary

Question 20

What generation programming is this an example of?

ADD 10 3
SUB 12 4
ADD 3 14
MUL 14 2

Answer 20

2nd Gen - Assembly Language

Question 21

What is Object Oriented Programming (OOP) (4th Gen)?

Answer 21

Code similar to 3rd Gen BUT you have ability to create and manipulate objects

Question 22

What generation of programming are we currently in?

Answer 22

4th Gen

Question 23

Are computers made of transistors for OOP code? What does this mean?

Answer 23

YES… it means that OOP code needs to be compiled to binary before running

Question 24

What generation programming is this an example of?

if (hasini.mark <50){
hasini.cry();
hasini.cry();
hasini.hide();
}else{
hasini.smile();
hasini.readBook(“Game Of Thrones”)

Answer 24

4th Gen (Java)

in this case, hasini is the object

Question 25

What is Graphical Block Programming (5th Gen/future possible languages) ?

Answer 25

Drag & Drop blocks of fuctionality and connect them with arrows or something similar

Question 26

What is Plain English Programming (5th Gen/future possible languages) ?

Answer 26

Telling the computer (eg. Chat GPT) in plain english, the kind of game you want to create and the computer generates the code for you

Question 27

Why is Graphical Block Programming a future language?

Answer 27

Because you cannot create an actual app with it yet…

Question 28

Why is Plain English Programming a future programming language?

Answer 28

Because even the largest Language Mode AIs cannot create full AAA games/apps yet…

Question 29

What are possible computers that might not use transistors?

Answer 29

quantum
light CPUs
combination of computer and biology to grow CPUs using nerons