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Charles Babbage
The invention of the analytical engine, which contained Arithmetic logic unit, flow control, and memory. Was the basic general purpose of the computer. -
Ada Lovelace
written instructions for the first computer program -
Edith Clarke
She computed for AT&T, who applied mathematical methods to the problems of long-distance electrical transmissions -
Reynold b. Johnson
A long-time employee of IBM, Johnson is said to be the "father" of the disk drive -
Barbara Liskov
She led the Venus operating system project, a small, low-cost and interactive timesharing system -
Alan Kay
He is one of the earliest pioneers of personal computing, and graphical interfaces. -
Vinton Cerf
Cerf is the co-inventor of the architecture and basic protocols of the Internet -
Anita Borg
Formed the institute for women and technology -
Steve Jobs
Inventor & Co-Founder of Apple -
James Gosling
Major contributions to advances in the technology for construction of distributed computing system trough invention of the java language system