Important Figures in The Development of Computer Tecnology

Important Figures in The Development of Computer Tecnology

Many people have heard of figures like Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs. These people are influential, but I am focusing on the beginnings of the most basic type of computer. These people base their technology of what these old folks have done. I had already mentioned a few figures that initiated and started the development of computers but there are also many more people that have influenced the design of the computers we have today. Here is a more detailed biography of each of these people. 

Alan Turing

It is known that he invented a machine that changed the development of computers, but no one knows truly how vital this was. His invention of the Turing machine helped the Americans break the Germans Coding in World War II. This code reading/interpreting machine was a major building block in the modern technology we have today. Our development of this system might have been sped up had Turing not committed suicide in 1954.

Charles Babbage

Is credited to making the first working “computer”. He is also credited with coming up with the idea of the mechanical computer. It was through research and determination that his idea became a reality. He created the first programmable computer. His invention inspired other people to work on computers, and if it weren’t for him we might not even have computers this day (NO COMP SCI COURSE? OH NO). Although he died in 1871, his son continued his work.

John con Neumann

John was considered a brilliant mathematician, but he also well known for the computer architecture he developed. His architecture included the data and the program stored in the same place, on the computers memory. This allowed for more flexible computers that were easier to program. This is still the basis of the technology we have today, but it has just been improved.

Tommy Flowers

Tommy is another member of the team involved in breaking the German Enigma Code, along Alan Turing. Tommy made a faster and is credited for making the first programmable and digital computer. It’s code breaking skills were unmatched and this alone helped shorten the war. This was proven when he decrypted a message (with his team), that Hitler was not goes to send troops to the Normandy beaches, resulting in a higher success rate for the D-Day landings (which did, ultimately, succeed).