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He created the first ever pair of headphones.
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He created the Antanasoff-Berry computer. It was the first electronic digital computer. Used electricity and electronics not mechanics. Used binary numbers.
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Tommy Flowers created the world' s first programmable digital computer. This was called the Colossus.
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He helped create and design ENIAC. It was a general purpose digital computer. This was the first commercially produced computer in the United States.
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He directed a team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language. Called FORTRAN and also invented BNF.
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She helped to create the first high-level programming language called COBOL.
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Douglas created the computer mouse. We still use these everyday. Used to navigate the computer.
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Created the first commercial hard drive that was used. The first HDD was huge and only held just over 3GB.
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Bill Gates created the first OS for a computer. He is also created Windows OS which dominates the market today. Also he has created video game systems.
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He is credited with creating the first commercially available portable computer. It weighed 24.5lbs and cost a little under $2,000.
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Robert Gaskins created PowerPoint that is now owned by Microsoft. But was originally created and used on a Mac.
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He invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
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He created the programming language C++ which is still widely used today.
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He is an internet entrepreneur who cofounded Google. The other cofounder is Sergey Brin.
