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difference engine
In 1822 Charles Babbage invented the difference engine. Charles Babbage proposed the use of such a machine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society. -
first computer
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (he build the computer in 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates originally established his reputation as the co-founder of Microsoft, the world's largest PC software company, with Paul Allen. -
mit
Minsky was a professor at MIT and oversaw the AI Lab, a hotspot of hacker activity, where he let prominent programmers like Richard Stallman run free. -
supercomputer
Cray was a supercomputer architect whose computers were the fastest in the world for many decades. He set the standard for modern supercomputing. -
Apple
Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell personal computers.