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Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum, computer critic; Kevin Warwick, cyborg scientist, implant self-experimenter; Niklaus Wirth, developed Pascal; Peter J. Weinberger, co-developer of the AWK language; Sophie Wilson, designer of the ARM instruction set; Stephen Wolfram, founder of Wolfram Research, physicist, software developer, mathematician
Built the first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer, though it was neither programmable nor Turing-complete. 1822, 1837 Babbage, Charles: Originated the concept of a programmable general-purpose computer; designed the Analytical Engine and built a prototype for a less powerful mechanical calculator. 1973 Bachman, Charles
This is a list of computer scientists, people who do work in computer science, in particular researchers and authors.. Some persons notable as programmers are included here because they work in research as well as program.
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (1915–1990) was a faculty member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and researcher at Bolt, Beranek and Newman.He developed the idea of a universal computer network at the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
Leonard Adleman – co-created RSA algorithm (being the A in that name), coined the term computer virus; Alfred Aho – co-created AWK (being the A in that name), and main author of famous Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Dragon book) Andrei Alexandrescu – author, expert on languages C++, D
Name Notable company or companies Rony Abovitz: Magic Leap, MAKO Surgical Corp.: Josh Abramson: CollegeHumor, Vimeo, TeePublic: Brian Acton: WhatsApp: Rick Adams ...
In this article we will take a look at the 10 most famous personalities in the world. You can skip our detailed analysis of these well-known names and go directly to the 5 Most Famous ...
One of these systems was a PDP-10 belonging to Computer Center Corporation (CCC) which banned Gates, Paul Allen, Ric Weiland, and Gates's best friend and first business partner Kent Evans for the summer after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time.