Computer Pioneers

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  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    The world’s first computer programmer.

  • Edith Clarke

    Edith Clarke
    Edith ClarkeEdith Clarke was born in Ellicott City, Maryland in 1883, one of nine children. Both her parents died by the time she was twelve and with the money she inherited when she turned 18, she decided to study mathematics and astronomy at Vassar College. After graduating, Edith taught mathematics and physics, first at a private girls' school in San Francisco and then at Marshall College in West Virginia. Wanting to be an engineer, however, Clarke enrolled in the civil engineering program at the Univers

  • Grace Hopper

    Grace Hopper
    She was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark 1 computer. She developed the first complier for a computer programming language. Grace also conceptualized the idea of machine independent programming languages. She was credited with popularizing the term “debugging” for fixing computer glitches.

  • Konrad Zuse

    Konrad Zuse
    Konrad ZuseZ1, Z2, Z3, Z4, computers

  • Jean Sammet

    Jean Sammet
    Is an American computer scientist who developed FORMAC programming language 1962

  • Philip Estridge

    Philip Estridge
    Philip EstridgeLed development of the original IMB PC

  • Steve Wozniak

    Steve Wozniak
    Steve WozniakSteve Wozniak is known for being the co-founder of Apple with Steve Jobs. He also is known for inventing the Apple Computer ||.

  • Robert Morris

    Robert Morris
    Was the first computer hacker

  • Linus Torvalds

    Linus Torvalds
    Best known for Linux Kernel and Git