NAME THAT NERD

Directions:

1. Click on the link for more information about the person. Answer the questions in each box.
(3-5 sentences minimum​).
2. Then, choose the “Nerd” that you think had the greatest impact on Computing and ​explain WHY​.
1. Name: _James Gosling__

Time Period: _May 19, 1955_

Major Accomplishment:

Gosling has extensive education that lead to his many accomplishments. He was
the co-founder and lead designer in the Java programming language. He worked
for many institutions and won multiple awards because of his experience in the
technology field.

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2. Name: _Jerry Yang and David Filo_

Time Period: _Yang- 1968 to present Filo-1966 to present _

Major Accomplishment:

Y​ ang and Filo created a web portal named Yahoo!. They meet at Stanford and
became friends and soon co-workers.

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3. Name: _Steve Jobs_

Time Period: _1955-2011_

Major Accomplishment:

Chairman, chief executive officer, and co-founder or apple. chairman and

majority shareholder of pixar. A member of walt disney company's board of
directors. Founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of neXT.

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4. Name: _Linus Torvalds_

Time Period: _1969- present_

Major Accomplishment

Creator and principle developer of Linux kernel. Won the 2012 Millenium
Technology prize by the Technology Academy Finland. Won the 2014 IEEE
Computer Society Computer Pioneer award. Won the 2018 IEEE Masaru Ibuka
consumer Electronics Award.

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5. Name: _Tim Berners-Lee_

Time Period: _1955- present_

Major Accomplishment:

Invented the World Wide Web. Professor of computer science at the University of
Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ​ ​Senior researcher and
holder of the 3Com founders chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory.

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6. Name: _Donna Dubinsky_

Time Period: _1955- present_

Major Accomplishment:

Developed personal digital assistants. CEO of Palm, Inc.. Co-founding Handspring

.Co-founded Numenta.

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7. Name: _Bill Gates_

Time Period: _1955-present_

Major Accomplishment:

Creator of Microsoft. Board member of Microsoft Berkshire Hathaway.

Co-chairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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 8. Name: _Ada Lovelace_

Time Period: __1815-1852_

Major Accomplishment:

Published the first algorithm. First to recognize the full potential of a “computing
machine” and the first computer programmer.

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9. Name: _Marc Andreessen_

Time Period: _1971-present_

Major Accomplishment:

Co-author of Mosaic. Co-founder of Netscape. Co-founder and general parternert

of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

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10. Name: _Douglas C. Engelbart_

Time Period: _1925-2013_

Major Accomplishment:

Created Computer mouse. Created Hypertext. Created Groupware. Created

Interactive computing. Won the National Medal of Technology.

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Who do YOU think had the biggest impact on computing? Why?

Ada Lovelace because if she did not realise the potential of Computers then the rest of the investors would not have
created what they did.