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She worked with the Father of Computers in the 1800’s - considered the world's first programmer - Mother of Computers
Grace Hopper
Ken Thompson
Robert Metcalfe
Ada Lovelace
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Twitter And Square Company
Robert Metcalfe
Jack Dorsey
Claude Shannon
Grace Hopper
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Third Generation of Computers: characterized by
Integrated Circuits
Mechanical Relays and Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor
Transistors
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His contributions led to the creation of the World Wide Web
Douglas Engelbart
Tim Berners-Lee
Elon Musk
Alan Turing
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“Father of Computers” – Analytical Engine in 1800’s
Charles Babbage
Tony Xu
Ajit Pai
Douglas Engelbart
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Created ebay
Pierre Omidyar
Blaise Pascal
Ken Thompson
Jack Dorsey
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Second Generation of Computers: characterized by
Integrated Circuits
Transistors
Microprocessor
Mechanical Relays and Vacuum Tubes
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Created the Linux operating system software
Linus Tvoralds
Steve Wozniak
Guido von Rossum
Claude Shannon
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Works with DEEPMIND and Google's AI
George Boole
Tony Xu
Satya Nadella
Demis Hassabis
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Created Ethernet technology
Robert Metcalfe
Joseph Jacquard
Jack Dorsey
Ada Lovelace
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'Founder' of Open Source software
James Gosling
Richard Stallman
Robert Kline
Robert Metcalfe
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Co-invented the ENIAC and the first commercial computer – the UNIVAC with Presper Eckert
James Gosling
Demi Hassabis
bob Kahn
John Mauchly
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I
nvented network electronic mail
, choosing the “@” sign in emails to connect the username with the destination address
Ken Thompson
Richard Stallman
Robert Kline
Ray Tomlinson
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Worked in cryptography and helped to break German code in WWII
Alan Turing
John vonNeuman
Brian Armstrong
Steve Wozniak
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First Generation of Computers: characterized by
Transistors
Mechanical Relays and Vacuum Tubes
Integrated Circuits
Microprocessor
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Created Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP) -- the fundamental protocol of the internet
Bob Kahn
Robert Metcalfe
John Von Neumann
Howard Allen
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Created ABC computer
Ed Felton
Bram Cohen
John Atanasoff
Demis Hassabis
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Created Word Press
Ajit Pai
Matt Mullenweg
John vonNeuman
Jimmy Wales
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Early 1900’s created a tabulating machine to count the US Census
Jack Dorsey
Matt Mullenweg
Herman Hollerith
George Boole
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Alphabet & Amazon
Mary Barra
Tim Berners-Lee
Jeff Bezos
Matt Mullenweg
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Created the Pascal programming language
John Mauchly
Jeff Bates
Robert Kline
Nicholas Wirth
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Created the computer mouse
Guido von Rossum
Douglas Engelbart
Richard Stallman
Robert Metcalfe
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known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or
Harvard Mark I
Richard Stallman
Howard Aiken
Douglas Engelbart
Jeff Bezos
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Made substantial improvements to the Loom including punch cards
Gottfried Leibniz
Joseph Jacquard
Martin Cooper
Matt Mullenweg
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invented the binary system in the 1600's
Gottfried Leibniz
Larry Page
Herman Hollerith
Richard Stallman
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Fifth Generation of Computers: characterized by
Space Travel
Matrix
Artificial Intelligence
Quantum Computing
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Born in South Africa, he is still living and is involved in TESLA, SPACEX, X and StarLink
Jimmy Wales
Alan Turing
John vonNeuman
Elon Musk
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American mathematician, electrical engineer, & cryptographer known as "father of Information Theory & Information Age"
Tim Berners-Lee
Allen Howard
Claude Shannon
Ken Thompson
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created Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg
Martin Cooper
Walter Brattain
Ada Lovelace
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Created 1st German programmable computer
Nikalus Wirth
Konrad Zuse
Herman Hollerith
Charles Babbage
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Coined term "Computer Bug"
Jack Kilby
Grace Hopper
Pierre Omidyar
Evan Spiegel
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Developed the first adding machine/calculator in the 1600’s which laid the foundation for digital computing today
Martin Cooper
Tavis Ormandy
Gottfried Leibniz
Blaise Pascal
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created JAVA programming language
Presper Eckert
James Gosling
Bob Costas
Nicholas Wirth
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co founded Apple
Steve Jobs
Pierre Omidyar
Grace Hopper
Mark Zuckerberg
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Fourth Generation of Computers: characterized by
Mechanical Relays and Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
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Invention and development of model checking, a technique used in verification of software and hardware -- algorithms.
Allen Emerson
James Gosling
Howard Aiken
Bill Gates
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Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella
Bill Gates
Jack Kilby
Joseph Jacquard
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designed and implemented the original Unix operating system
John Mauchly
Ken Thompson
Jack Dorsey
Herman Hollerity
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Began Uber
Travis Kalanick
George Michael
Konrad Zuse
Linus Tvorlds
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Co-invented the ENIAC and the first commercial computer – the UNIVAC
Pierre Omidyar
Tony Xu
Presper Eckert
Evan Spiegel
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Known as Father of Computer Virology
Matt Mullenweg
John Atanasoff
John Von Neumann
Pierre Omidyar
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Started Microsoft
Presper Eckert
Elon Musk
Herman Hollerith
Bill Gates