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Charles Babbage
Mid 1830's, Charles Babbage created the first automatic digital computer. -
Ada Lovelace
she realized that the computer could follow a series of simple instructions, and was the first to create a computer program. -
Alan Turing
Developed the idea for the Universal Turing Machine, forming the basis for artificial intelligence. -
Mauchly and Eckert
Created the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. -
ENIAC Programmers
Developed concepts like subroutines and nesting. Jean Bartik led a team to turn the ENIAC into a stored program computer -
Grace Hopper
Invented the first compiler, a program that translates programming code to machine language. -
Mark Dean
Helped develop landmark technologies, including the color PC monitor, and the Industry Standard Architecture system bus.