Medium Priority People Flashcards
1
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Created a tabulating machine for the 1890 Census
A
Herman Hollerith
2
Q
Developed basic theoretical models of the role of the computer
A
Alan Turing
3
Q
Computer programmer who invented the first compiler and pioneered early research on computer languages
A
Grace Hopper
4
Q
Developer of FORTRAN
A
John Backus
5
Q
Inventor of the integrated circuit; one of the founding members of Intel
A
Robert Noyce
6
Q
Inventors of the integrated circuit
A
Jack Kilby, Robert Noyce
7
Q
Leader of Project Whirlwind
A
Jay Forrester
8
Q
Developed the CTSS timesharing system
A
Fernando Corbato
9
Q
Manager of the Xerox PARC research team
A
Robert Taylor
10
Q
Inventor of the computer mouse
A
Douglas Englebart
11
Q
Inventor of the Ethernet
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Robert Metcalfe
12
Q
Microsoft employee who co-developed Microsoft BASIC
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Paul Allen
