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Niklaus Wirth
Structured programming and data structuring that was small and efficient. -
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Federico Faggin
The first commercially produced microprocessor and the first of Intel CPUs. -
David Boggs, Chuck Thacker, and Butler Lampson
First wired computer networking used in local area networks -
Tandem Computers, Inc.
First commercial fault-tolerant computers, common for banks. -
Philips, MCA Inc., Pioneer Corporation
First readable disk after the floppy disk and predecessor to the CD and DVD.