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Charles Babbage
He was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, He is best remembered for originating the concept of a programmable computer. -
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Computer masterminds over the years
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Ada Lovelace
Read More about Ada LovelaceA mathemarician who worked with Charles Babbage and created the first computer program. -
Edith Clarke
Edith Clarke was the first female electrical engineer and the first female professor of electrical engineering. She is also the patent for graphical calculator. -
John Atanasoff
He is best known for inventing the first electronic digital computer. -
Ralph Baer
He was a German-born American video game developer, inventor, and engineer, and was known as "The Father of Video Games" due to his many contributions to games and the video game industry. -
Anita Borg
She founded the Institute for Women and Technology and the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Borg founded Systers, the first email network for women in technology. -
Steve Jobs
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He is the co-f ounder of Apple computers and even bought the Pixar company -
James Gosling
He is best known as the father of the Java programming language.He created the original design of Java and implemented the language's original compiler and virtual machine. -
Tim Berners-Lee
Read more about TimHe is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web -
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Marissa Mayer
Read more about Marissa Marissa Ann Mayer is an American business executive and computer scientist, currently serving as the president and CEO of Yahoo! -
Jawed Karim
He is best known for being a co-founder of YouTube and the first person to upload a video on it. -
Ben Silbermann
He is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded and is CEO of Pinterest -
Alexis Ohanian
He is best known for co-founding the social news website Reddit, -
Mark Zuckerberg
Read More about Mark Zuckerberg He is the founder of Facebook and launched it from his dormitory at Harvard University.
