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Pioneers in Computers
Influential folks in the history of computers and communications.
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Computer Science
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03/28/2010

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Andreesen, Marc
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Netscape founder. Netscape Navigator web browser. Best known as co-author of Mosaic - first widely-used web browser.

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Babbage, Charles
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Inventor of the analytic machine, the first computer. Never built due to lack of funds.

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Boole, George
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self-taught mathematician who developed mathematical analysis of logic using AND, OR and NOT. Modern computers use Boolean algebra.

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Berners-Lee, Tim
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Worked at CERN. Developed 1st computer code of WWW to an on-line newsgroup. Inventor of the Web.

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Hollerith, Herman
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Known for perforated cards that were used in 1890 Census. 1st large scale application of computer-like technology with input/output cards.

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Hopper, Grace
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1st programmer on Navy's Mark 1 the 1st programmable calculator. Wrote 1st manual for Mark 1. Coined the term "computer bug". 1st commercial computer the UNIVAC. Worked on developing COBOL programming language.

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Moore, Gordon
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Founded Intel. Author of Moore's Law: Integrated circuits will double in complexity every 18 months.

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