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2. Personal computer - Wikipedia

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   An artist's depiction of a 2000s-era desktop-style personal computer, which includes a metal case with the computing components, a display and a keyboard (mouse not shown) A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use. [ 1 ] It is typically used for tasks such as word processing, internet browsing ...

3. List of pioneers in computer science - Wikipedia

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   1974. Catmull, Edwin. Computer generated imagery (CGI) and 3D graphics pioneer who developed texture mapping, the Catmull-Clark subdivision surface algorithm (with Jim Clark), and the Catmull-Rom spline (with Raphael Rom. Former vice president of Industrial Light & Magic and co-founder of and former president of Pixar.

4. Mark Dean (computer scientist) - Wikipedia

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   Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) [ 1 ] is an African American [ 2 ] inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one- gigahertz computer processor chip. [ 3 ] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981. [ 4 ]

5. Alan Turing - Wikipedia

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   Alan Mathison Turing OBE FRS (/ ˈtjʊərɪŋ /; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. [ 5 ] He was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation ...

6. History of personal computers - Wikipedia

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   The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.

7. List of IBM Personal Computer models - Wikipedia

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   The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, spanned multiple models in its first generation (including the PCjr, the Portable PC, the XT, the AT, the Convertible, and the /370 systems, among others), from 1981 to 1987. It eventually gave way to many splintering product lines after IBM introduced the Personal System/2 in April 1987.