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Page 1: Important People in the History of Computer
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† Is known as father of modern days

computer. He was a mathematician at

Cambridge University of England. He

invented the Analytical and Difference

Engines.

†It embodied the basic

concepts and elements of

modern general purpose

computer.

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† Turing is most famous for helping to

break the German’s Enigma Code

during World War II (WWII).

† He created a machine to decipher

the Enigma Code.

† He came up with the Turing Test, a

method to test artificial intelligence.

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†He wrote the first web

client and server in 1990.

His specifications of URIs,

HTTP and HTML were

refined as Web technology

spread

† He invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

† He founded and Directs the World Wide

Consortium (W3C) the forum for technical

development of the Web.

† He founded the Web Foundation whose

mission is that the WWW serves Humanity,

and co-founded the Open Data Institute in

London.

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† He was an American businessman. He was best

known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief

executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc.; CEO and

largest shareholder of Pixar Animation Studios;

a member of The Walt Disney Company's

board of directors following its acquisition of

Pixar; and founder, chairman. Jobs's official

biographer, Walter Isaacson, described him as

the "creative entrepreneur whose passion for

perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized

six industries: personal computers, animated

movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and

digital publishing.

†Source Of Wealth:

†Apple, Pixar, Self Made

†Education:

†Drop Out, Reed College

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† is an American business magnate,philanthropist, investor, computerprogrammer, and inventor. Gates co-founded Microsoft, the world’slargest PC software company,with Paul Allen. During his career atMicrosoft, Gates held the positions ofchairman, CEO and chief softwarearchitect, and was the largest individualshareholder until May 2014. Gates hasauthored and co-authored several books.

† He stepped down as

Chairman of Microsoft in

February 2014, taking on a

new post as technology

advisor to support newly

appointed CEO Satya

Nadella.

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† Gordon Earle Moore is an American

businessman, co-founder and Chairman

Emeritus of Intel Corporation, and the

author of Moore's law.

† Under Gordon Moore, Intel introduced the

world's first single chip microprocessor,

the Intel 4004 invented by Intel engineers.

†He widely known for "Moore's

Law," in which he predicted that

the number of transistors the

industry would be able to place on

a comp. microchip would double

every year.

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† He was an American engineer and inventor, and an

early computer and Internet pioneer. He is best

known for his work on founding the field of human–

computer interaction, particularly while at

his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI

International, resulting in the invention of

the computer mouse, and the dev’t. of hypertext,

networked computers, and precursors to graphical

user interfaces.†Engelbart has authored over 25

publications, holds more than 20

patents, and has received many

honors, including the National

Medal of Technology (2000).

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† is an American computer scientist and internet

entrepreneur who co-founded Google

Inc. with Sergey Brin, and is the CEO of

Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. Page is

the inventor of PageRank, Google's best-known

search ranking algorithm. As of November 2014,

Google has 55,600 employees and operates in

more than 40 countries.

†He is a board member of the X

Prize Foundation (XPRIZE)

and was elected to

the National Academy of

Engineering in 2004. He

received the Marconi Prize in

2004.

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† Is a Taiwanese-born American Internet

entrepreneur, engineer, the co-founder and

former CEO of Yahoo! Inc.

† While studying at Stanford in 1994, Yang

and David Filo co-created an Internet website

called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World

Wide Web," which consisted of a directory of

other websites. As it grew in popularity they

renamed it "Yahoo! Inc." and dropped out of

Stanford.

† Yahoo! received around

100,000 unique visitors by

the fall of 1994

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† is an American computer

pogrammer and Internet entrepreneur. He is

best known as 1 of 5 co-founders of Facebook.

Zuckerberg is the chairman and chief executive

of Facebook, Inc. His personal wealth, as of July

2015, is estimated to be

$38.6 billion. Zuckerberg receives a one-dollar

salary as CEO of Facebook.Founders of Facebook:

‡Mark

Zuckerberg

‡Andrew

McCollum

Moskovitz

‡Eduardo

Saverin

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† known as "Woz", is an American pioneer of the

personal computer revolution of the

1970s (along with Apple Computer co-

founder, Steve Jobs). He is an

American inventor, electronics engineer,

and computer programmer who single-

handedly developed the 1976 Apple I, the

computer that launched Apple. He primarily

designed the 1977 Apple II.

but Jobs oversaw the

development of its unusual case

and Rod Holt developed the

unique power supply.

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† is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized

as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this

title with American engineer Bob Kahn and Donald

Davies. His contributions have been acknowledged

and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees and

awards that include the National Medal of

Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential

Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize and

membership in the National Academy of

Engineering.

†Cerf is also known for

his sartorial style, typically

appearing in three-piece

suit—a rarity in an industry

known for its casual dress

norms.

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† was a Hungarian-American pure and

applied mathematician, physicist, invento

r, polymath, and polyglot. He made major

contributions to a number of fields. A key

figure in the development of game theory and

the concepts of cellular automata, the universal

constructor, and the digital computer.

†He wrote 150 published papers

in his life; 60 in pure

mathematics, 20 in physics, and

60 in applied mathematics. His

last work, an unfinished

manuscript written while in the

hospital and later published in

book form as The Computer

and the Brain.

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† is an Indian-American computer architect

who helped define and develop several

widely used technologies, including USB

(Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated

Graphics Port), PCI Express, Platform

Power management architecture and

various chipset improvements.

†He rose to global celebrity as

the co-inventor of USB

through an Intel 2009

TV advertisement.

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† Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was an Austrian and

American film actress was once dubbed ‘The most

Beautiful woman in the world.’ She was also a

mathematician and inventor. Frequency hopping

Spread Spectrum, a technology used for Bluetooth

and Wi-Fi. Her Idea was brushed off, others took

credit for it, and she spent her life wishing people

would notice her brains instead of just her beauty.

† She also became a pioneer

in the field of wireless

communications following

her emigration to the

United States.

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† Currently teaching Microsoft Office

Program for SEED Students and Basic

Education Students.

† He loves to watch and play

basketball...loves MAC! currently teaching

in Southville International School and

Colleges.

THANK YOU

SIR ARIS!!!