computer pioneers

  • charlse babbage

    1791-1871. first mechanical comp. lived in UK
  • Ada Lovelace

    1815-1852. inventor of famed engine. died of cancer
  • edith clarke

    18830-1959. electrical engineer. born in maryland.
  • george stibitz

    1904-1995. bell labs researcher. born in pennsylvania.
  • grace hopper

    1906-1982. first programers. made wor debugging
  • alan turing

    1912-1954. computer designs. movie was made for him.
  • J. presper eckert

    1937-1980. first comp. calles ENIAC. american mili. sponcered research.
  • Adam Osborne

    1939-2003. creating first comercial. died from disorder.
  • barbra liskov

    foundation of programming. currently for. prof.
  • alan kay

    object-oriented programming. pres. for veiw point instatute
  • Abhay Bhushan

    developer of int. structure. was a chairmen.
  • Al Alcorn

    designed video game. uc burkley
  • anita borg

    1949-2003. founded instatute for women and tech. scholarship named for her.
  • Alan Cooper

    ruby programming language
  • bill gates

    Programmed microsoft. became paper billionare in 1986. richest man on earth