History of Computing - People Flashcards
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Charles Babbage
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- “Father of Computing”
- Contributed to the basic design of the computer through his analytical machine
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Konrad Zuse
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- Invented the electromechanical binary computer, Z1, which was the first freely programmable computer
- Invented the programming language “Plankalkul”
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John Louis von Neumann
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- Created ‘von Neumann Architecture’, the basic infrastructure design of machines
- Application of computers to applied mathematics
- Stored program concept
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Alan Turing
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- Helped pioneer the concept of the digital computer
- Artificial Intelligence
- The Turing Test
- The Turing Machine
- Worked with COLLOSUS to decipher codes in WWII
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Seymour Cray
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- Pioneer in building the supercomputer
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Grace Hopper
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- The Harvard Mark 1 Computer
- A-0 programming language, renamed MATH-MATIC
7
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Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
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The integrated circuit
8
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John Backus & IBM
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FORTRAN - first high level language
9
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Steve Russell & MIT
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- Invented the first computer game
- Spacewar computer game
10
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Douglas Engelbart
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- Computer Mouse
- Windows
11
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Alan Shugart & IBM
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The floppy disc
12
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Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
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VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software
13
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Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
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WordStar Software
14
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John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry
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ABC Computer
15
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John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
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ENIAC 1 Computer
UNIVAC - first commercial computer
