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Charles Babbage
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Charles Babbage
Made the first mechanical computer, recieved a gold medal by the Royal astronomical engineering society. -
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Ada Lovelace
Made the first machine algorithm and inventor of the difference Engine -
John Atanasoff
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John Atanasoff
Made the first digital computer, and his computer could solve differential equations. -
George Stibitz
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George Stibitz
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Reynold Johnson
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Reynold Johnson
Invented the first disk drive, died of melanoma. -
Konrad Zuse
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Konrad Zuse
Made the first programmable computer, he also did it completely idenpendent of anyone else. -
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Ralph Baer
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Philip Estridge
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Philip Estridge
Led the devolopment of the original IBM computer, he also rejected a leadership position in apple. -
Nolan Bushnell
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Nolan Bushnell
Created Atari, also created human interactions with technology such as touch screens -
Vinton Cerf
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Vinton Cerf
One of the fathers of the internet born in Connecticut. -
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Al Alcorn
The inventor of Pong, currently a professor at the university of California. -
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Alan Cooper
Invented Ruby programming language and was givent he first Windows Pioneer Award by Bill Gates -
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Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Founder of Apple, also a college dropout like Bill Gates -
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Bill gates
Programmed microsoft computer, had $1 billion in cash by 1986 -
Robert Morris
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Robert Morris
Made the first computer worm, now a professor at MIT
