2007-10-09 05:29:27 · 3 answers · asked by Sexy!! Sexy!! 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Here are some major figures in the history of computing technology, particularly in the early period:
William Babbage
Alan Turing
Seymour Cray
John Atanasoff
Norbert Wiener
John Von Neumann
Thomas Watson
William Gates
Dennis Ritchie
Vint Cerf
Timothy Berners-Lee
2007-10-09 06:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by A M Frantz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard this on NPR (National Public Radio) this morning. Two folks are sharing the Nobel Prize for their work on hard drive science. You can learn more on NPR.org this is a link to the specific article. It is very current. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15110919
2007-10-09 12:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by sg4578 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bill gates-microsoft
albert fert and peter gruenberg-giant magnetoresistance(how information stored magnetically on a hard disk can be converted to electrical signals that the computer reads.)
2007-10-09 12:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by andrewboyreyes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋