Ancient Computers
(pre 1900s)
(pre 1900s)
in 1845 created the first automatic computer
who is Charles Babbage
led the team that invented and implemented FORTRAN
who is john backus
in the 1930s who created the first electronic digital computer
who is John Atanasoff
built three groundbreaking computers, and demonstrated the first machine translation
who is Kathleen Booth
alan turing was resposible for the development of
theoretical computer science
in 1847 created Boolean algebra
who is George Boole
in 1962 invented assembly language
who is Kathleen Booth
co-designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer
J. Presper Eckert
led the team who invented (.com, .gov, .org… etc)
Elizabeth Feinler
alan turing led Hut 8, the section responsible for
German naval cryptanalysis
in 1882 developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched
who is Herman Hollerith
the inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, URL and HTTP.
who is Tim Berners-Lee
first proposed the Transmission Control Protoco
Robert Kahn
led the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo Guidance Computer
Margaret Hamilton
alan turing designed the
the Automatic Computing Engine
played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom
who is Joseph Marie Jacquard
is known as the father of the Java programming language.
who is James Gosling
invented the mouse
who is Douglas Engelvart
wrote the first computer manual
who is Grace Hopper
contributed to the early development of
Manchester computers
wrote The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
who is Ismail al-Jazari
invented the C# language
who is Anders Hejlsberg
designed the world's first programmable electronic computer, to help decipher encrypted German messages.
who is tommy flowers
considered the first computer programmer.
who is Ada Lovelace
Turing died on 7 June 1954, age 41, from
cyanide poisoning