1823-1941
Developed the Difference Engine
Who is Charles Babbage?
Built at Bletchley Park during WWII
What is Colossus
Died due to cyanide poisoning
Who is Alan Turing?
Designed for computer networking and research
What is ARPANET?
An Associate of Babbage
Who is Ada Lovelace?
Uses logic instead of counting to solve problems
What is the ABC?
Realized silicon was a cross between a conductor and an insulator
Who is Shockley?
The first arcade game created
What is "Pong"?
First person to use vacuum tubes as on/off switch
Who is Tommy Flowers
An essay written by Vannevar Bush
What is "As We May Think"?
He created the integrated circuit or the microchip
Who is Jack Kilby?
Created first computer designed to support an operating system
Who is Alan Kay?
Decided to compile all the world's knowledge
Who is Paul Otlet?
An accomplished mathematician
Who is Grace Hopper?
Produced the first game for computers
Title of the first computer game
Who is Steven Russell? What is Spacewar?
Wrote the BASIC for Altair and around the same time formed Microsoft (2 people)
Who is Paul Allen and Bill Gates?