Inventors and their Inventions

Charles Babbage

The Analytical Engine

• invented an analytical engine in 1822. "Father of the Computer"

• However, he couldn't actually build the analytical engine, but was only able to
present it theoretically.

• His unfinished work was completed by scientists in 1930

• His concept of analytical engine was quite similar to the concepts of modern-
day computers that include subroutines and input devices.

Alan Turing

The Turing Machine

• Although, he did not design any computer, Alan Turing, an English

mathematician and computer scientist has been one of the most influential
personalities in the field of computer science.

• He provided a platform for formulating the basic concept of algorithm and

destined the Turing machine, that was able to test the intelligence of a machine.

• In fact, he pioneered in the field of artificial intelligence. Today's, CAPTCHA code

test on Internet and computers has evolved from Turing's ideas.
Konrad Zuse

The Z Series Computers

• The German engineer, Konrad Zuse, in 1936, invented the first electrical binary
programmable computer - the Z1, Z2, and Z3 were also introduced by Zuse in
1939 and 1941 respectively.

• Unfortunately, Zuse's efforts were destroyed during second world war.

John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry

Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

• Developed in the war phase of 1942, Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) was the
world's first fully electronic digital computer.

• Its inventors, John Vincent Atanasoff & Clifford Berry shared the relationship of
a professor and a student.

• John was an America electronics engineer while Clifford his student.

The US Army

ENIAC

• Financed by the US army and developed by scientists John Presper Eckert &
John W. Mauchly, in 1946, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
(ENIAC) is considered to be the first mainstream digital computer ever made.

• In fact ABC and ENIAC fought a legal battle till 1973, when ABC was finally
declared to be the 1st digital computer. ENIAC was mainly built for US army
research laboratory
Gordon Bell and Ken Olson

PDP (Programmed Data Processor)

• They invented the PDP in the year 1960s. Gordon Bell designed the i/o system
of the PDP-1.

• With time, there have been several versions of this machine, i.e., PDP-4, PDP-5,
PDP-6, and PDP-11.

• As a part of the DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation), Gordon Bell later

designed the VAX, which is DEC's best computer.

Bill Gates
The Founder Of Microsoft.

Steve Jobs
The Founder of Apple Inc.

Dennis Ritchie

He created the C programming language