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Charles Babbage
To Charles Babbage, the term 'computer' meant a machine that could calculate and print mathematic tables.
Charles Babbage invented the Difference Engine, but one of his greatest achievements was the design of the Analytical Machine. -
Aba Lovelace
Ada Lovelace thought of a computer as being a machine which one day would be able to be used for both practical and scientific purposes.
She was able to write essentially the first computer algorithm. -
Alan Turing
A computer to Turing meant an algorithm given a set of Axions that could that could decide if a statement was true or false in those axions.
Turing invented the Turing Machine nicknamed the bomb. This invention was very helpful with cracking Russian encrypted signals. He also created the first machine able to hold 'memory'. His machine was able to perform calculations quicker than any human. -
Mauchly and Eckert
Computers to Mauchly and Eckert meant electronic devices that could be used to solve nuclear physics problems.
The ENIAC was invented, sending encrypted codes in Morse code during WWII. -
ENIAC Programmers
A computer to the ENIAC programmers meant an electronic digital computer able to solve equations faster than any human computer.
The ENIAC programmers made the first main computer able to solve multiple problems at once, at a faster pace then any human. -
Grace Hopper
To Grace Hopper, the term 'computer' meant a device to program for it to preform jobs quick and easy.
Grace Hopper invented "A-O", a program to help write other programs. She also invented COBOL, a programing language. -
Mark Dean
The term computer to Dean meant something to build or to advance in some way. It meant to him something to have access to.
First colored PC monitor, the first gigahertz chip, and he co-invented the Industry Standard Architecture system bus.
