06 05 colossus

the history of computer

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  • John Napier

    John Napier
    John Napier is best known as the inventor of logarithms.
  • Blaise Pascal

    Blaise Pascal
    He invented the mechanical calculator.
  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer
  • Augusta Ada Byron

    Augusta Ada Byron
    the world's first computer programmer
  • Tommy Flowers

    Tommy Flowers
    Flowers designed Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer
  • Alan Turing

    Alan Turing
    He was highly influential in the development of computer science, giving a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine,
  • Howard H. Aiken

    Howard H. Aiken
    was a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer.
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.
  • Jack Kilby

    Jack Kilby
    is the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs
    was an American entrepreneur, marketer, and inventor, who was the co-founder chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
  • Larry Page

    Larry Page
    is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Google, alongside Sergey Brin.
  • Andy Rubin

    Andy Rubin
    is the co-founder and former CEO of both Danger Inc. and Android Inc.