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Explore the people, works, and institutions that shaped modern technology.

294 items
Work 1948

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

paper · 1948

ComputingMathematicsInformation Theory
Work 1970

A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks

paper · 1970

ComputingDatabases
Work 1937

A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits

paper · 1937

ComputingMathematicsElectrical Engineering
Work 1952

A-0 System

tool · 1952

Programming LanguagesCompilers
Aaron Swartz
Person

Aaron Swartz

Web Pioneer and Activist

1990s–2013

Web StandardsOpen AccessTechnology Activism
Ada Lovelace
Person

Ada Lovelace

First Computer Programmer

1830s–1850s

ComputingMathematicsAlgorithms
Work 1955

Address Programming Language

language · 1955

Programming LanguagesComputer Science
Work 1996

Adobe Flash

software · 1996

WebAnimationMultimedia
Person

Alain Colmerauer

Creator of Prolog

1970s–2017

Programming LanguagesLogic ProgrammingArtificial Intelligence
Alan Kay
Person

Alan Kay

Father of Object-Oriented Programming

1960s–present

Programming LanguagesObject-Oriented ProgrammingPersonal Computing
Alan Turing
Person

Alan Turing

Father of Computer Science

1930s–1950s

ComputingMathematicsCryptography
Alexander Graham Bell
Person

Alexander Graham Bell

Inventor of the Telephone

1870s–1920s

TelecommunicationsElectrical EngineeringAcoustics
Work 1960

ALGOL 60

language · 1960

Programming LanguagesComputer Science Theory
Person

Allen Newell

Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence

1950s–1992

Artificial IntelligenceCognitive ScienceComputer Science Theory
Work 1837

Analytical Engine

project · 1837

ComputingMechanical Engineering
Anders Hejlsberg
Person

Anders Hejlsberg

Creator of Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and TypeScript

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesDeveloper ToolsType Systems
Work 1995

Apache HTTP Server

project · 1995

Web ServersOpen SourceInfrastructure
Work 1969

Apollo Guidance Computer Software

project · 1969

ComputingSoftware EngineeringAerospace
Work 1976

Apple I

invention · 1976

Personal ComputingComputer Hardware
Work 1977

Apple II

invention · 1977

Personal ComputingComputer Hardware
Institution

Apple Inc.

company · Cupertino, California
Work 1969

ARPANET

project · 1969

NetworkingComputing
Arthur Whitney
Person

Arthur Whitney

Creator of kdb+ and K

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesDatabasesFinancial Technology
Institution

AT&T

company · Dallas, Texas, USA
Work 2015

AVA

software · 2015

TestingJavaScriptDeveloper Tools
Work 2010

Backbone.js

project · 2010

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksFrontend Development
Work 1959

Backus-Naur Form (BNF)

notation · 1959

Programming LanguagesCompilersFormal Languages
Barbara Liskov
Person

Barbara Liskov

Pioneer of Abstract Data Types and the Liskov Substitution Principle

1960s–present

Programming LanguagesSoftware EngineeringDistributed Systems
Work 1964

BASIC

language · 1964

Programming LanguagesComputer EducationPersonal Computing
Institution

Bell Labs

laboratory · Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
Betty Holberton
Person

Betty Holberton

ENIAC Programmer and Computing Pioneer

1940s–2001

Early ComputingProgrammingComputer Science
Bill Joy
Person

Bill Joy

Co-founder of Sun Microsystems

1970s–present

Operating SystemsProgramming LanguagesNetworking
Bjarne Stroustrup
Person

Bjarne Stroustrup

Creator of C++

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingObject-Oriented Programming
Institution

Bletchley Park

lab · Buckinghamshire, England
Bob Kahn
Person

Bob Kahn

Father of the Internet

1960s–present

NetworkingComputing
Work 1940

Bombe

project · 1940

ComputingCryptographyElectrical Engineering
Brad Fitzpatrick
Person

Brad Fitzpatrick

Creator of LiveJournal and Memcached

2000s–present

Web DevelopmentDistributed SystemsOpen Source
Brendan Eich
Person

Brendan Eich

Creator of JavaScript

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentWeb Browsers
Work 1977

BSD Unix

project · 1977

Operating SystemsNetworkingOpen Source
Butler Lampson
Person

Butler Lampson

Pioneer of Personal Computing

1960s–present

Personal ComputingOperating SystemsComputer Architecture
Work 1972

C Programming Language

language · 1972

ComputingProgramming LanguagesSystems Programming
Work 2000

C#

language · 2000

Programming LanguagesEnterprise SoftwareGame Development
Work 1983

C++

language · 1983

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingObject-Oriented Programming
Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

university · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Institution

CERN

laboratory · Geneva, Switzerland
Charles Babbage
Person

Charles Babbage

Father of the Computer

1820s–1870s

ComputingMathematicsMechanical Engineering
Charles Bachman
Person

Charles Bachman

Creator of the First DBMS

1960s–2017

DatabasesData ManagementSoftware Engineering
Charles K. Kao
Person

Charles K. Kao

Father of Fiber Optics

1960s–2010s

TelecommunicationsOpticsElectrical Engineering
Institution

Chinese University of Hong Kong

university · Hong Kong
Person

Chris Granger

Creator of Light Table

2010s–present

Developer ToolsProgramming LanguagesIDE
Chris Lattner
Person

Chris Lattner

Creator of LLVM and Swift

2000s–present

CompilersProgramming LanguagesDeveloper Tools
Person

Chuck Moore

Creator of Forth

1960s–present

Programming LanguagesEmbedded SystemsComputer Architecture
Claude Shannon
Person

Claude Shannon

Father of Information Theory

1930s–1990s

ComputingMathematicsInformation Theory
Cleve Moler
Person

Cleve Moler

Creator of MATLAB

1970s–present

Scientific ComputingMathematicsNumerical Analysis
Work 2007

Clojure

language · 2007

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingJVM Languages
Work 1975

CLU

language · 1975

Programming LanguagesObject-Oriented ProgrammingSoftware Engineering
Work 1959

COBOL

language · 1959

Programming LanguagesBusiness Computing
Work 2009

CoffeeScript

language · 2009

Programming LanguagesJavaScriptWeb Development
Work 1978

Communicating Sequential Processes

theory · 1978

ConcurrencyProgramming LanguagesFormal Methods
Work 2006

CompCert

project · 2006

CompilersFormal VerificationProgramming Languages
Work 1950

Computing Machinery and Intelligence

paper · 1950

ComputingArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy
Institution

Cray Research

company · Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Work 1976

Cray-1

invention · 1976

SupercomputingComputer HardwareHigh Performance Computing
Work 2001

D

language · 2001

Programming LanguagesSystems Programming
Work 2011

Dart

language · 2011

Programming LanguagesMobile DevelopmentWeb Development
Institution

Dartmouth College

university · Hanover, New Hampshire
Person

David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails

2000s–present

Web DevelopmentWeb FrameworksOpen Source
Dennis Ritchie
Person

Dennis Ritchie

Creator of C and Co-creator of Unix

1960s–2000s

ComputingProgramming LanguagesOperating Systems
Work 2018

Deno

project · 2018

JavaScriptTypeScriptServer-side Development
Work 1822

Difference Engine

project · 1822

ComputingMechanical EngineeringMathematics
Donald Knuth
Person

Donald Knuth

Father of Algorithm Analysis

1960s–present

ComputingAlgorithmsMathematics
Work 1993

Doom

project · 1993

Game DevelopmentComputer GraphicsSoftware Engineering
Douglas Engelbart
Person

Douglas Engelbart

Inventor of the Computer Mouse

1960s–2013

Human-Computer InteractionHypertextCollaborative Computing
Work 1968

Dynabook

concept · 1968

Personal ComputingHuman-Computer InteractionEducation
Edgar F. Codd
Person

Edgar F. Codd

Father of the Relational Database

1950s–2000s

ComputingDatabasesMathematics
Edwin Howard Armstrong
Person

Edwin Howard Armstrong

Inventor of FM Radio

1910s–1950s

TelecommunicationsRadioElectrical Engineering
Work 2011

Elixir

language · 2011

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingWeb Development
Work 1945

ENIAC

invention · 1945

Computer HistoryComputer HardwareEarly Computing
Institution

Ericsson

company · Stockholm, Sweden
Work 1986

Erlang

language · 1986

Programming LanguagesDistributed SystemsTelecommunications
Institution

ETH Zurich

university · Zurich, Switzerland
Person

Evan You

Creator of Vue.js and Vite

2010s–present

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksDeveloper Tools
Person

Fabrice Bellard

Creator of QEMU and FFmpeg

1990s–present

Systems ProgrammingVirtualizationMultimedia
Work 2000

FFmpeg

project · 2000

MultimediaVideo ProcessingAudio Processing
Work 1966

Fiber Optic Communication

paper · 1966

TelecommunicationsOpticsElectrical Engineering
Work 1945

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

paper · 1945

ComputingComputer Architecture
Work 1933

FM Radio

invention · 1933

TelecommunicationsRadioElectrical Engineering
Work 1964

FORMAC

language · 1964

Programming LanguagesSymbolic ComputationMathematics
Work 1970

Forth

language · 1970

Programming LanguagesEmbedded SystemsStack-based Computing
Work 1957

FORTRAN

language · 1957

Programming LanguagesCompilersScientific Computing
Institution

Free Software Foundation

organization · Boston, Massachusetts
Work 1942

Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

patent · 1942

TelecommunicationsWireless CommunicationsSignal Processing
Person

Gerald Jay Sussman

Co-creator of Scheme and SICP

1970s–present

Programming LanguagesComputer Science EducationArtificial Intelligence
Work 1992

GHC (Glasgow Haskell Compiler)

software · 1992

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingCompilers
Work 2005

Git

project · 2005

Version ControlDeveloper ToolsOpen Source
Work 1989

GNU General Public License

license · 1989

Free SoftwareOpen SourceLegal
Work 1983

GNU Project

project · 1983

Operating SystemsFree SoftwareDeveloper Tools
Work 2009

Go Programming Language

language · 2009

ComputingProgramming LanguagesSystems Programming
Institution

Google

company · Mountain View, California, USA
Gordon Moore
Person

Gordon Moore

Co-founder of Intel and Author of Moore's Law

1960s–2023

SemiconductorsComputer HardwareBusiness
Grace Hopper
Person

Grace Hopper

Mother of COBOL and Pioneer of Compilers

1940s–1990s

Programming LanguagesCompilersComputing
Person

Graydon Hoare

Creator of Rust

2000s–present

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingMemory Safety
Guglielmo Marconi
Person

Guglielmo Marconi

Pioneer of Wireless Communication

1890s–1930s

TelecommunicationsElectrical EngineeringRadio
Guido van Rossum
Person

Guido van Rossum

Creator of Python

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesOpen SourceData Science
Guy Steele
Person

Guy Steele

Co-creator of Scheme and Language Design Pioneer

1970s–present

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingLanguage Standards
Person

Harry Nyquist

Pioneer of Information Theory

1910s–1950s

TelecommunicationsInformation TheoryElectrical Engineering
Work 1944

Harvard Mark I

project · 1944

ComputingElectrical Engineering
Institution

Harvard University

university · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Work 1990

Haskell

language · 1990

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingType Systems
Hedy Lamarr
Person

Hedy Lamarr

Co-Inventor of Spread Spectrum Technology

1940s–1990s

TelecommunicationsWireless CommunicationsElectrical Engineering
Work 1993

High Performance Fortran

language · 1993

Programming LanguagesHigh Performance ComputingParallel Computing
Work 1990

HTML

standard · 1990

ComputingNetworkingInformation Systems
Work 1991

HTTP

standard · 1991

ComputingNetworkingInformation Systems
Institution

IBM

company · Armonk, New York, USA
Work 1953

IBM 701 Assembler

software · 1953

Programming LanguagesSystems Programming
Institution

IBM Research

research lab · Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
Institution

id Software

company · Richardson, Texas
Work 1964

IDS (Integrated Data Store)

project · 1964

DatabasesData Management
Person

Igor Sysoev

Creator of Nginx

2000s–present

Web ServersInfrastructureSystems Programming
Work 1974

Ingres

project · 1974

ComputingDatabases
Institution

INRIA

lab · France
Institution

Institute for Advanced Study

research institute · Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Work 1971

Intel 4004

invention · 1971

Computer HardwareMicroprocessorsElectronics
Institution

Intel Corporation

company · Santa Clara, California
Institution

International Telecommunication Union

organization · Geneva, Switzerland
Ivan Sutherland
Person

Ivan Sutherland

Father of Computer Graphics

1960s–present

Computer GraphicsHuman-Computer InteractionVirtual Reality
Person

James Clark

XML and SGML Pioneer

1980s–present

Web StandardsDocument MarkupProgramming
James Gosling
Person

James Gosling

Creator of Java

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesEnterprise SoftwareObject-Oriented Programming
Work 1995

Java

language · 1995

Programming LanguagesEnterprise SoftwareObject-Oriented Programming
Work 1995

JavaScript

language · 1995

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentFrontend Development
Person

Jean Sammet

Creator of FORMAC and Programming Language Historian

1950s–2017

Programming LanguagesComputer HistorySymbolic Computation
Jeff Dean
Person

Jeff Dean

Google Systems Architect

1990s–present

Distributed SystemsMachine LearningBig Data
Person

Jeremy Ashkenas

Creator of CoffeeScript and Backbone.js

2000s–present

Programming LanguagesJavaScript FrameworksWeb Development
Jim Gray
Person

Jim Gray

Pioneer of Transaction Processing

1970s–2007

DatabasesDistributed SystemsTransaction Processing
Joe Armstrong
Person

Joe Armstrong

Creator of Erlang

1980s–2019

Programming LanguagesDistributed SystemsTelecommunications
John Backus
Person

John Backus

Creator of FORTRAN and BNF Notation

1950s–2000s

Programming LanguagesCompilersFormal Languages
Person

John Bardeen

Co-inventor of the Transistor

1940s–1991

ElectronicsPhysicsSemiconductors
John Carmack
Person

John Carmack

Pioneer of 3D Graphics and Game Engines

1990s–present

Game DevelopmentComputer Graphics3D Graphics
Person

John G. Kemeny

Co-creator of BASIC

1950s–1992

Programming LanguagesComputer EducationMathematics
John McCarthy
Person

John McCarthy

Father of Artificial Intelligence

1950s–2011

Artificial IntelligenceProgramming LanguagesComputer Science Theory
John von Neumann
Person

John von Neumann

Father of Modern Computing Architecture

1920s–1950s

ComputingMathematicsComputer Architecture
Person

Jonathan Gay

Creator of Flash

1990s–present

WebAnimationMultimedia
Person

Jordan Walke

Creator of React

2010s–present

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksProgramming Languages
Person

José Valim

Creator of Elixir

2010s–present

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingWeb Development
Person

Kateryna Yushchenko

Creator of Address Programming Language

1950s–1990s

Programming LanguagesComputer ScienceMathematics
Katherine Johnson
Person

Katherine Johnson

NASA Mathematician

1950s–2020

MathematicsSpace TechnologyComputing
Work 2003

kdb+

project · 2003

DatabasesFinancial TechnologyTime Series Data
Work 1996

KDE

software · 1996

Operating SystemsDesktop EnvironmentsOpen Source
Person

Ken Kennedy

High Performance Computing Pioneer

1970s–2007

High Performance ComputingCompilersParallel Computing
Ken Thompson
Person

Ken Thompson

Co-creator of Unix, Go, and UTF-8

1960s–present

ComputingOperating SystemsProgramming Languages
Work 1978

Lamport Timestamps

paper · 1978

Distributed SystemsComputer Science Theory
Work 2011

Laravel

project · 2011

Web DevelopmentPHP Frameworks
Larry Wall
Person

Larry Wall

Creator of Perl

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesText ProcessingOpen Source
Lars Bak
Person

Lars Bak

Creator of V8 and Dart

1990s–present

Virtual MachinesProgramming LanguagesJavaScript
Work 1984

LaTeX

project · 1984

TypesettingDocument PreparationAcademic Publishing
Leslie Lamport
Person

Leslie Lamport

Pioneer of Distributed Systems

1970s–present

Distributed SystemsComputer Science TheoryTypesetting
Work 2012

Light Table

software · 2012

Developer ToolsIDEProgramming
Linus Torvalds
Person

Linus Torvalds

Creator of Linux and Git

1990s–present

Operating SystemsVersion ControlOpen Source
Work 1991

Linux Kernel

project · 1991

Operating SystemsOpen Source
Work 1987

Liskov Substitution Principle

paper · 1987

Programming LanguagesObject-Oriented ProgrammingSoftware Engineering
Work 1958

Lisp

language · 1958

Programming LanguagesArtificial Intelligence
Work 2003

LLVM

project · 2003

CompilersProgramming LanguagesDeveloper Tools
Work 1956

Logic Theorist

project · 1956

Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science Theory
Work 1993

Lua

language · 1993

Programming LanguagesGame DevelopmentEmbedded Systems
Work 2004

MapReduce

paper · 2004

Distributed SystemsBig DataCloud Computing
Margaret Hamilton
Person

Margaret Hamilton

Pioneer of Software Engineering

1960s–present

ComputingSoftware EngineeringAerospace
Work 2009

MariaDB

project · 2009

DatabasesOpen Source
Martin Cooper
Person

Martin Cooper

Father of the Cell Phone

1950s–present

TelecommunicationsMobile ComputingElectrical Engineering
Person

Martin Fowler

Software Patterns Author

1990s–present

Software EngineeringSoftware PatternsAgile Development
Martin Hellman
Person

Martin Hellman

Co-inventor of Public-Key Cryptography

1970s–present

CryptographySecurityElectrical Engineering
Martin Odersky
Person

Martin Odersky

Creator of Scala

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingType Systems
Institution

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

university · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Work 1988

Mathematica

project · 1988

Scientific ComputingProgramming LanguagesMathematics
Work 1984

MATLAB

language · 1984

Scientific ComputingMathematicsEngineering
Matthias Ettrich
Person

Matthias Ettrich

Founder of KDE

1990s–present

Desktop EnvironmentsOpen SourceUser Interface
Work 2003

Memcached

project · 2003

Distributed SystemsWeb DevelopmentCaching
Institution

Meta (Facebook)

company · Menlo Park, California
Michael Stonebraker
Person

Michael Stonebraker

Pioneer of Database Systems

1970s–present

ComputingDatabases
Person

Michael Widenius

Creator of MySQL and MariaDB

1990s–present

DatabasesOpen SourceWeb Development
Institution

Microsoft

company · Redmond, Washington
Institution

MIT Instrumentation Laboratory

laboratory · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Work 1973

ML

language · 1973

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingType Systems
Work 1978

Modula-2

language · 1978

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingSoftware Engineering
Institution

Motorola

company · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Work 1973

Motorola DynaTAC

project · 1973

TelecommunicationsMobile ComputingElectrical Engineering
Institution

Mozilla

organization · San Francisco, California
Work 1995

MySQL

project · 1995

DatabasesOpen SourceWeb Development
Institution

NASA

organization · Washington, D.C.
Person

Nathaniel Rochester

Creator of the First Assembler

1950s–1980s

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingArtificial Intelligence
Institution

Netscape Communications

company · Mountain View, California
Work 1976

New Directions in Cryptography

paper · 1976

CryptographySecurityMathematics
Work 2004

Nginx

project · 2004

Web ServersInfrastructureNetworking
Niklaus Wirth
Person

Niklaus Wirth

Designer of Pascal and Champion of Simplicity

1960s–2020s

Programming LanguagesCompilersSystems Programming
Work 1968

NLS (oN-Line System)

project · 1968

Human-Computer InteractionHypertextCollaborative Computing
Work 2009

Node.js

project · 2009

Web DevelopmentJavaScriptServer-side Development
Work 1843

Notes on the Analytical Engine

paper · 1843

ComputingMathematicsAlgorithms
Work 1928

Nyquist Sampling Theorem

paper · 1928

TelecommunicationsSignal ProcessingInformation Theory
Work 1987

Oberon

language · 1987

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingOperating Systems
Work 1996

OCaml

language · 1996

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingType Systems
Work 1936

On Computable Numbers

paper · 1936

ComputingMathematicsTheory of Computation
Institution

Open Source Development Labs

lab · Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Work 1995

OpenBSD

project · 1995

Operating SystemsSecurityOpen Source
Work 1999

OpenSSH

project · 1999

SecurityNetworkingSystem Administration
Work 1974

Optical Character Recognition

invention · 1974

Artificial IntelligenceComputer VisionAccessibility
Work 1970

Pascal

language · 1970

Programming LanguagesComputer Science EducationSoftware Engineering
Paul Allen
Person

Paul Allen

Microsoft Co-Founder

1970s–2018

Personal ComputingProgramming LanguagesBusiness
Work 1989

Paxos

paper · 1989

Distributed SystemsConsensus Algorithms
Work 1987

Perl

language · 1987

Programming LanguagesScriptingText Processing
Peter Naur
Person

Peter Naur

Editor of ALGOL 60 Report and Software Engineering Pioneer

1950s–2016

Programming LanguagesSoftware EngineeringComputer Science Theory
Person

Phil Wadler

Pioneer of Functional Programming

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingType Systems
Work 1995

PHP

language · 1995

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentServer-side Scripting
Work 1992

Plan 9 from Bell Labs

project · 1992

Operating SystemsDistributed Systems
Work 1986

Postgres

project · 1986

ComputingDatabases
Work 1972

Prolog

language · 1972

Programming LanguagesLogic ProgrammingArtificial Intelligence
Work 1991

Python

language · 1991

Programming LanguagesScriptingData Science
Work 2003

QEMU

project · 2003

VirtualizationEmulationSystems Programming
Work 1996

Quake

project · 1996

Game DevelopmentComputer Graphics3D Graphics
Work 1959

Quicksort

algorithm · 1959

AlgorithmsComputer Science
Radia Perlman
Person

Radia Perlman

Mother of the Internet

1970s–present

NetworkingComputingSecurity
Rasmus Lerdorf
Person

Rasmus Lerdorf

Creator of PHP

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentServer-side Scripting
Ray Kurzweil
Person

Ray Kurzweil

Pioneer of OCR and Speech Synthesis

1970s–present

Artificial IntelligenceAccessibilitySpeech Recognition
Work 2013

React

project · 2013

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksFrontend Development
Work 1999

Refactoring

book · 1999

Software EngineeringSoftware PatternsProgramming
Work 2000

REST

standard · 2000

Web ArchitectureAPI DesignDistributed Systems
Person

Rich Harris

Creator of Svelte and Rollup

2010s–present

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksDeveloper Tools
Rich Hickey
Person

Rich Hickey

Creator of Clojure

2000s–present

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingJVM Languages
Richard Stallman
Person

Richard Stallman

Founder of the Free Software Movement

1980s–present

Free SoftwareProgramming LanguagesOperating Systems
Rob Pike
Person

Rob Pike

Co-creator of Go, UTF-8, and Plan 9

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesOperating SystemsDistributed Systems
Person

Robert Griesemer

Co-creator of Go

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesVirtual MachinesCompilers
Roberto Ierusalimschy
Person

Roberto Ierusalimschy

Creator of Lua

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesGame DevelopmentEmbedded Systems
Person

Robin Milner

Creator of ML and Pioneer of Concurrency Theory

1970s–2010

Programming LanguagesType SystemsConcurrency Theory
Work 2015

Rollup

project · 2015

Developer ToolsJavaScriptBuild Tools
Person

Roy Fielding

Creator of REST and Co-founder of Apache

1990s–present

Web ArchitectureAPI DesignOpen Source
Work 1999

RSS

standard · 1999

Web StandardsContent SyndicationOpen Web
Work 1995

Ruby

language · 1995

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentScripting
Work 2004

Ruby on Rails

project · 2004

Web DevelopmentWeb Frameworks
Work 2010

Rust

language · 2010

Programming LanguagesSystems ProgrammingMemory Safety
Person

Ryan Dahl

Creator of Node.js and Deno

2000s–present

JavaScriptServer-side DevelopmentRuntime Systems
Work 2004

Scala

language · 2004

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingJVM Languages
Work 1975

Scheme

language · 1975

Programming LanguagesFunctional ProgrammingComputer Science Education
Seymour Cray
Person

Seymour Cray

Father of Supercomputing

1960s–1996

SupercomputingComputer ArchitectureHigh Performance Computing
Person

Simon Peyton Jones

Haskell Designer and GHC Architect

1980s–present

Functional ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesCompilers
Person

Sindre Sorhus

Open Source Developer

2010s–present

Open SourceJavaScriptDeveloper Tools
Work 1963

Sketchpad

project · 1963

Computer GraphicsHuman-Computer InteractionCAD
Work 1972

Smalltalk

language · 1972

Programming LanguagesObject-Oriented ProgrammingHuman-Computer Interaction
Work 1985

Spanning Tree Protocol

protocol · 1985

NetworkingComputing
Work 1974

SQL

language · 1974

ComputingDatabasesProgramming Languages
Institution

Stanford University

university · Stanford, California, USA
Stephen Wolfram
Person

Stephen Wolfram

Creator of Mathematica

1980s–present

Scientific ComputingProgramming LanguagesComplex Systems
Steve Wozniak
Person

Steve Wozniak

Co-founder of Apple and Creator of Apple I/II

1970s–present

Personal ComputingComputer HardwareElectronics
Work 1985

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

book · 1985

Computer Science EducationProgramming LanguagesFunctional Programming
Institution

Sun Microsystems

company · Santa Clara, California
Work 2016

Svelte

project · 2016

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksFrontend Development
Work 2014

Swift

language · 2014

Programming LanguagesMobile DevelopmentApple Ecosystem
Work 1974

System R

project · 1974

ComputingDatabases
Person

Taylor Otwell

Creator of Laravel

2010s–present

Web DevelopmentPHP FrameworksOpen Source
Work 1974

TCP/IP

protocol · 1974

NetworkingComputing
Work 1978

TeX

tool · 1978

ComputingTypographyPublishing
Work 1968

The Art of Computer Programming

book · 1968

ComputingAlgorithmsMathematics
Work 1876

The Telephone

invention · 1876

TelecommunicationsElectrical EngineeringAcoustics
Theo de Raadt
Person

Theo de Raadt

Founder of OpenBSD and OpenSSH

1990s–present

Operating SystemsSecurityOpen Source
Person

Thomas E. Kurtz

Co-creator of BASIC

1950s–present

Programming LanguagesComputer EducationTime-sharing Systems
Tim Berners-Lee
Person

Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web

1980s–present

ComputingNetworkingInformation Systems
Person

Tom Christiansen

Perl Developer and Educator

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesPerlTechnical Writing
Tony Hoare
Person

Tony Hoare

Creator of Quicksort and CSP

1960s–present

AlgorithmsProgramming LanguagesFormal Methods
Work 1947

Transistor

invention · 1947

ElectronicsComputer HardwareSemiconductors
Work 1983

Turbo Pascal

project · 1983

Programming LanguagesDeveloper ToolsIDE
Work 2012

TypeScript

language · 2012

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentType Systems
Institution

United States Navy

org · United States
Institution

University of California, Berkeley

university · Berkeley, California, USA
Institution

University of Cambridge

university · Cambridge, England
University of Helsinki
Institution

University of Helsinki

university · Helsinki, Finland
Institution

University of Oxford

university · Oxford, England, UK
Work 1969

Unix

project · 1969

ComputingOperating SystemsSystems Programming
Work 1994

URL

standard · 1994

ComputingNetworkingInformation Systems
Work 1992

UTF-8

standard · 1992

Character EncodingInternationalizationWeb Standards
Work 2008

V8

project · 2008

JavaScriptVirtual MachinesWeb Browsers
Work 1976

vi

project · 1976

Developer ToolsText EditorsUnix
Vint Cerf
Person

Vint Cerf

Father of the Internet

1960s–present

NetworkingComputing
Work 2020

Vite

project · 2020

Developer ToolsWeb DevelopmentBuild Tools
Work 2014

Vue.js

project · 2014

Web DevelopmentJavaScript FrameworksFrontend Development
Person

Walter Brattain

Co-inventor of the Transistor

1940s–1987

ElectronicsPhysicsSemiconductors
Walter Bright
Person

Walter Bright

Creator of D and First Native C++ Compiler

1980s–present

Programming LanguagesCompilersSystems Programming
Ward Cunningham
Person

Ward Cunningham

Inventor of the Wiki

1980s–present

WebSoftware PatternsCollaboration
Whitfield Diffie
Person

Whitfield Diffie

Co-inventor of Public-Key Cryptography

1970s–present

CryptographySecurityComputer Science
Work 1995

Wiki

software · 1995

WebCollaborationKnowledge Management
Person

William Shockley

Co-inventor of the Transistor

1940s–1989

ElectronicsSemiconductorsPhysics
Work 1896

Wireless Telegraphy

invention · 1896

TelecommunicationsRadioElectrical Engineering
Work 1989

World Wide Web

project · 1989

ComputingNetworkingInformation Systems
Xavier Leroy
Person

Xavier Leroy

Creator of OCaml and CompCert

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesCompilersFormal Verification
Work 1973

Xerox Alto

invention · 1973

Personal ComputingHuman-Computer InteractionComputer Hardware
Institution

Xerox PARC

lab · Palo Alto, California
Work 1996

XML

standard · 1996

Web StandardsData FormatsDocument Markup
Yukihiro Matsumoto
Person

Yukihiro Matsumoto

Creator of Ruby

1990s–present

Programming LanguagesWeb DevelopmentOpen Source