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This is a list of people who have made major breakthroughs in computer science or the history of computing, possibly deserving articles of their own: (please try to limit your contributions to the really great ones who contributed something essential) Pat Palmer 16:06, 12 May 2007 (CDT)
- Backus, John - invention of FORTRAN
- Hopper, Grace - invention of the compiler, and COBOL
- Shannon, Claude - association of boolean algebra with digital design
- Turing, Alan - theory of computability