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Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing, (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was a British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general purpose computer. -
Built the First Computer
The firsts computers were built in 1940/1950. John presper Eckert and John William Mauchly has invented the first pc. -
Bill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 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. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was also the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. -
The history of PC
IBM made a computer called the 610 auto-point. -
The internet
The internet began in the 1970s as a way to send information from one computer to another. -
Mobile phones
The first mobile phone call was made in New York in 1973, but it was ten years before you could buy a mobile phone in a shop. In 1985, you could buy one in the UK for about 2000 pounds. -
Ada lovelace
Still the first computer programmer in the world. -
The Microsoft's beginning
Microsoft's first big success came in 1981.
