Top 10 computer pioneers

20 computer inventors and their inventions
5 famous personalities in the field of computer technology
Famous computer scientists female

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List of pioneers in computer science

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date PersonAchievement 1977 Adleman, LeonardRSA algorithm and making public-key cryptography useful in practice. 1944 Aiken, HowardConceived and co-designed the Harvard Mark I. 830~ Al-KhwarizmiThe term algorithm is derived from the algorism, the technique of performing arithmetic with Hindu–Arabic numerals popularised by al-Khwarizmi in his book On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals.^[1]^[2]^[3]1970, 1989 Allen, Frances E.Developed bit vector notation and program control-flow graphs; first female IBM Fellow (1989); first female recipient of the ACM's Turing Award (2006). 1954, 1964, 1967 Amdahl, GenePioneer of mainframe computing; designed IBM 704; chief architect of IBM System/360.^[4]^[5] Formulated Amdahl's law; also worked on IBM 709 and IBM 7030 Stretch.^[6]1939 Atanasoff, JohnBuilt the first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer, though it was neither programmable nor Turing-complete. 1822,

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George boole biography brevets

English mathematician and philosopher (1815–1864)

"Boole" redirects here. For other uses, see Boole (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with George Boolos.

George Boole FRS
Portrait of Boole, from The Illustrated London News, 21 January 1865
Born	(1815-11-02)2 November 1815 Lincoln, England
Died	8 December 1864(1864-12-08) (aged 49) Ballintemple, Cork, Ireland
Education	Bainbridge's Commercial Academy^[1]
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Fields	Mathematics
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Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	British algebraic logic^[3]
Main interests	Mathematics, logic, philosophy of mathematics

George Boole (; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher and logician, most of whose short career was spent as the first professor of mathematics at Qu

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