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Timothy J. Berners-Lee

Timothy J. Berners-Lee was one of the most important people in the history of computer science. He was responsible for the creation of the world wide web in 1989 which opened the internet to everyone. It connected the entire world and allowed ideas and information to be shared globally. He also invented the hyperlink which is one of the main factors of the world wide web which allows users to jump from webpage to webpage or website to website.

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www.w3.org
internethalloffame.org
www.britannica.com

Timothy Berners-Lee

Vinton G. Cerf

Vint Cerf is probably the most famous person in the history of computer science. Along with Bob Khan, he is known for creating the internet. It was created to make a communication network that would survive a nuclear attack. By doing this, he and his partner were able to create a vast global network that connects all the computers in the world as long as they are using internet protocol. This was a huge step forward in computer science as now people from around the world could communicate with the click of a button.

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history.com
internethalloffame.org
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Vinton G. Cerf

Alan Turing

Alan Turing was a British mathematician and a pioneer of computer science. He is often known as the father of computer science. The work that he completed was the ignition to computer science. Alan Turing broke the Nazi Enigma code during world war 2 which helped the allies win the war, only to be betrayed and executed because he was gay. He was also famous for the developing the first modern computers.

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pbs.org
newscientist.com
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Alan Turing

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathmetician who proved everone wrong by becoming successful while being a woman and black. She was famous for calculating and analyzing flight paths of many space ships at NASA. Her most famous accomplishments were completing the calculations for Alan Shepherd's orbit around the earth and getting him home safely. Also, she helped send a NASA astronaut to the moon and back.

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nationalgeographic.com
mentalfloss.com
nasa.gov