Question

Write the names of inventors of computer?

Answer 1

Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
John Vincent Atanasoff ,Konrad Zuse , John Mauchly, Dauglas Engelbert, J. Presper Eckert , Bill Gates , Steve Jobs, Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce

Answer 2

Charles Babbage: The Analytical Engine(1822)

 

Alan Turing: The Turing Machine
The English mathematician and computer scientist- provided a platform for formulating the basic concept of algorithm and destined the Turing machine, that was able to test the intelligence of a machine.

 

Konrad Zuse: The Z Series Computers
The German engineer, Konrad Zuse, in 1936, invented the first electrical binary programmable computer - the Z1. Z2 and Z3 were also introduced by Zuse in 1939 and 1941 respectively.

 

John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry: Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
Developed in the war phase of 1942, Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the world's first fully electronic digital computer.

 

The US Army: ENIAC -Financed by the US army and developed by scientists John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly, in 1946, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) is considered to be the first mainstream digital computer ever made.

 

Father of the personal computer - Henry Edward Roberts released Altair 8800 on December 19, 1974


The first laptop or portable computer -  IBM 5100  (1975)


The first Apple computer - Steve Wozniak designed the first Apple known as the Apple I (1976)

 

Inventors in computer programming and development

 

Dennis Ritchie  : He created the C programming language

 

Brian Kernighan : contributed to the development of Unix, He is also coauthor of the AWK and AMPL programming languages.

 

Bjarne Stroustrup : developed C++ programming language.

 

Niklaus Wirth : developed PASCAL programming language

 

James Gosling :  Father of the Java programming language.

 

Larry Wall : Developed  Perl programming language in 1987.

 

Guido van Rossum : Author of the Python programming language.

 

Richard Matthew Stallman : foundi Free Software Foundation, developing the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and writing the GNU General Public License.

 

Bill Joy: co-founder of Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim.

 

Philippe Kahn : who is credited with creating the first camera phone sharing pictures instantly on public networks.

 

Important founders in the field of Computer Technology

 

Paul Allen : Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation along with Bill Gates, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications.

 

Bill Gates : William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

 

Larry Ellison : Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies.

 

Larry Page : Lawrence "Larry" Page is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google. On April 4, 2011, he took on the role of chief executive officer of Google, replacing Eric Schmidt.

 

Sergey Brin : Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Soviet-born American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the most profitable Internet companies. As of 2012, his personal wealth is estimated to be $20.3 billion.

 

Steve Jobs : Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc

 

Robert Taylor :Robert William Taylor, known as Bob Taylor, is an Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies.

 

Paul Baran : Paul Baran was a Polish American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks