need answer for school project please
2007-11-13 05:11:00 · 6 answers · asked by Dinqua 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Check out Tim Berners-Lee
He wrote the original software that became the network that evolved into the Internet.
Far to vast to explain here. Google or Wikipedia will tell you all about him.
Ian M
2007-11-13 05:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by Ian M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about Grace Hopper? She was one of the first of the software engineers. One of her inventions was COBOL, the business language that business applications originally were programmed in. She also came up with the concept of the compiler that made higher level programming languages possible and was the first to name a software flaw a "bug."
Try this link for more details
http://www.thocp.net/biographies/hopper_grace.html
2007-11-13 05:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, one of the most famous, and still
unrecognized as such is Goedel. Since he
invented the whole idea of telling mathematicians:
"That just ain't the way it happens, frogmen".
2007-11-13 10:35:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
linus torvalds.
wrote Linux software. Was written up by IEEE as one of the most influential engineers of the 20th century.
2007-11-13 06:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by edward 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates is pretty famous for obvious reasons.
2007-11-13 05:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good going Ian !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee
2007-11-13 05:48:43 · answer #6 · answered by JavaScript_Junkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋