Founders of Computing

3. Developed FORTRAN, the first widely used programming language.
5. Co-developed a software company with Paul Allen, known as Microsoft.
8. Credited for creating the slide rule, the mechanical calculator before the digital calculator.
11. Credited for designing and developing the first digital computer that can solve linear equations.
12. Invented the first mechanical calculator for his father who was a mathematician.
14. Credited with the invention of the first general-purpose electronic computer (ENIAC).
18. Developed the magnetic core memory which became standard in early computers.
19. Invented a way for instant communication, the telegraph.
20. Developed Macintosh 128K, a commercially successful personal computer.

1. Credited for the invention of the Analytical Engine.
2. Designed the computer that broke the Enigma code during World War II.
4. Credited for writing the first computer algorithm, and known as the first programmer.
6. Invented the Harvard Mark I computer, one of the first electro-mechanical computers.
7. Credited for the term "debugging".
9. Invented the punch card system for census data.
10. Credited with the prediction that the number of transistors per device will double every two years. This prediction is now named after him.
13. Credited for the invention of true or false statements in programming.
15. Credited with the invention of the integrated circuit.
16. Developed SNDMSG, the first email program.
17. Developed the Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator, and Computer(MANIAC), designed to solve complex math problems.