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Computer Pioneers

By jmferren

  • Charles Babbage

    Considered by some to be a "father of the computer"

  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    read more about Ada Lovelace:Mathmetician who worked with Charles Babbage.

  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke
    invented the Clarke Calculator.

  • George Stibitz

    George Stibitz
    conceived the electrical digital computerRead More:

  • Grace Hopper

    Computer programmer Grace Hopper helped develop a compiler that was a precursor to the widely used COBOL language and became a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.

  • Ralph Baer

    Turned television into 1st video game entertainment in homes.

  • Jean Sammet

    Developed the FORMAC programming language.

  • Barbara Liskov

    Barbara Liskov
    developed a particular definition of subtyping, commonly known as the Liskov substitution principle.

  • Al Alcorn

    Al Alcorn
    world's first successful video game.

  • Alan Cooper

    Alan Cooper
    Read More: Father of Visual Basic

  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs
    Co-founded Apple inc.

  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
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  • Marissa Mayer

    President of Yahoo.

  • Jack Dorsey

    Jack Dorsey
    creator and co-founder of Twiter.

  • Mark Zuckerberg

    Mark Zuckerberg
    Read More:created Facebook