Evolution of Computing Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Last name of the woman who created the COBOL programming language. She was also a Rear Admiral in the Navy.
  2. 4. An invention that greatly helped computers get smaller and faster very quickly. It was a technical improvement.
  3. 6. This was used in computers before transistors. It was revolutionary at the time, but it is now no longer used in computers.
  4. 8. Last name of the founder of Facebook. His company is now known as "Meta".
  5. 11. Last name of a mathemetician whose calculations greatly helped NASA. She was featured in the move Hidden Figures.
  6. 13. Name of Apple's first phone that they created.
  7. 14. First AND last name of the first woman to ever win the Turing award in 2006. She was also an IBM fellow.
  8. 16. Microsoft's first very sucessful operating system. It was made for IBM in 1981.
Down
  1. 2. What the term "PC" means in computing.
  2. 3. Last name of one of the "Steves" who helped find Apple Computer Company. Business/Marketing Genius.
  3. 5. Abbreviation for the company "International Business Machiness".
  4. 7. Last name of one of the "Steves" who helped find Apple Computer Company. Tech/Development Genius
  5. 9. First name of the man who thought of the "Analytical Engine" and the "Difference Engine".
  6. 10. Last name of one of the men who helped create Microsoft. He is now very wealthy.
  7. 12. An extremely old device that was used for counting, adding and subtracting. It helped humans calculate larger numbers than ever before.
  8. 15. First name of the woman who is considered the world's first computer programmer.