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This is a list of people who have made major ''conceptual'' breakthroughs in [[computer science]] or the [[history of computing]] | This is a list of people who have made major ''conceptual'' breakthroughs in [[computer science]] or the [[history of computing]]. This list is currently intended as a catalog of people who need to be mentioned in the [[history of computing]] article but might not necessarily appear in its header timeline. | ||
This list should ''not'' include people just because they invented a new computer, operating system, or type of software, unless they devised an innovation which was so compelling that it was adopted by everyone later because it was such a good idea (and you can identify what that innovation was, and document it). Let's keep this for the really great ones for now. | |||
Please also alphabetize by last name. | |||
[[User:Pat Palmer|Pat Palmer]] 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT) | |||
* [[John Backus|Backus, John]] - invention of FORTRAN | * [[John Backus|Backus, John]] - invention of FORTRAN | ||
* [[Dan Bricklin|Bricklin, Dan]] - invention of the first spreadsheet | |||
* [[Grace Hopper|Hopper, Grace]] - invention of the compiler, and COBOL | * [[Grace Hopper|Hopper, Grace]] - invention of the compiler, and COBOL | ||
* [[Claude Shannon|Shannon, Claude]] - association of boolean algebra with digital design | * [[Claude Shannon|Shannon, Claude]] - association of boolean algebra with digital design | ||
* [[Alan Turing|Turing, Alan]] - theory of computability | * [[Alan Turing|Turing, Alan]] - theory of computability | ||
* [[Konrad Zuse|Zuse, Konrad]] - likely invented the first viable electronic computer; likely the first designer to propose pipelining in [[processors]] | * [[Konrad Zuse|Zuse, Konrad]] - likely invented the first viable electronic computer; likely the first designer to propose pipelining in [[processors]] | ||
Revision as of 15:15, 12 May 2007
This is a list of people who have made major conceptual breakthroughs in computer science or the history of computing. This list is currently intended as a catalog of people who need to be mentioned in the history of computing article but might not necessarily appear in its header timeline.
This list should not include people just because they invented a new computer, operating system, or type of software, unless they devised an innovation which was so compelling that it was adopted by everyone later because it was such a good idea (and you can identify what that innovation was, and document it). Let's keep this for the really great ones for now.
Please also alphabetize by last name. Pat Palmer 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT)
- Backus, John - invention of FORTRAN
- Bricklin, Dan - invention of the first spreadsheet
- Hopper, Grace - invention of the compiler, and COBOL
- Shannon, Claude - association of boolean algebra with digital design
- Turing, Alan - theory of computability
- Zuse, Konrad - likely invented the first viable electronic computer; likely the first designer to propose pipelining in processors