History of Computing Pioneers

Inventor of the World Wide Web

• Babbage

• Bill Gates
• Tim Berners-Lee
• Marc Andreessen

Wrote the first algorithm for Babbage’s machine, making her the first computer programmer.

• Ada Lovelace
• Grace Hopper
• Alan Turing
• Charles Babbage

Developed the Turing Machine concept and helped break the Enigma code in WWII.

• Alan Turing
• Charles Babbage
• Isaac Newton
• Alan iverson

Created the the basis of modern computer design.

• John von Neumann
• Ada Lovelace
• Bill Gates
• Alan Turing

Developed the first compiler and played a key role in COBOL programming language.

• Ada Lovelace
• Grace Hopper
• Bjarne Stroustrup
• Linus Torvalds

Built the Z3, the first programmable digital computer.

• Charles Babbage
• John von Neumann
• Konrad Zuse
• Alan Turing

Influential in algorithms and computer science, known for The Art of Computer Programming.

• Donald Knuth
• Alan Turing
• Ada Lovelace
• John von Neumann

Designed the Analytical Engine, the first concept of a programmable computer.

• Alan Turing
• Ada Lovelace
• Charles Babbage
• John von Neumann