inventor / computer science

Vinton Gray Cerf

father of the internet.

Gordon Moore

founder of Intel.

Steve Jobs

founder of the Apple computer

Dave Filo & Jerry Yang

founders of Yahoo!

Donna Dubinsky

helped in the creation of the PDA.

Dennis C. Hayes

invented the PC modem.

Charles Babbage

invented the first mechanical computing machine called the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine.

Ted Hoff

invented the first microprocessor.

William Higinbotham

invented the first video game

Jack Kilby

invented the integrated circuit.

Douglas Engelbart

invented the mouse.

Christopher Sholes/ E. Remington & Sons

invented the typewriter

Linus Trovalds

inventor of the Lunus Kernel (a free operating system).

James Gosling

software developer that wrote JAVA.

Tim Berners Lee

wrote the computer language called "HTML"; invented the world wide web.

Ada Byron

"Lady Lovelace" she wrote the first computer program.

Bill Gates

creator and founder of Microsoft

Ed Roberts

developed the Altair; first personal computer.

Grace Murray Hopper

developed the first computer complier called "FLOWMATIC"; also popularized the term "debugging" , founder of the first computer bug, "moth".

Scott E. Fahlman

developed the smiley face emoticon.