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Nathaniel Baldwin
He created the first ever pair of headphones. -
John Atanasoff
He created the Antanasoff-Berry computer. It was the first electronic digital computer. Used electricity and electronics not mechanics. Used binary numbers. -
Tommy Flowers
Tommy Flowers created the world' s first programmable digital computer. This was called the Colossus. -
John Mauchly
He helped create and design ENIAC. It was a general purpose digital computer. This was the first commercially produced computer in the United States. -
John Backus
He directed a team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language. Called FORTRAN and also invented BNF. -
Grace Hopper
She helped to create the first high-level programming language called COBOL. -
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas created the computer mouse. We still use these everyday. Used to navigate the computer. -
Reynold Johnson
Created the first commercial hard drive that was used. The first HDD was huge and only held just over 3GB. -
Bill Gates
Bill Gates created the first OS for a computer. He is also created Windows OS which dominates the market today. Also he has created video game systems. -
Adam Osborne
He is credited with creating the first commercially available portable computer. It weighed 24.5lbs and cost a little under $2,000. -
Robert Gaskins
Robert Gaskins created PowerPoint that is now owned by Microsoft. But was originally created and used on a Mac. -
Tim Berners-Lee
He invented the World Wide Web in 1989. -
Bjarne Stroustrup
He created the programming language C++ which is still widely used today. -
Larry Page
He is an internet entrepreneur who cofounded Google. The other cofounder is Sergey Brin.
