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A plaque commemorating the "Birth of the Internet" was dedicated at a conference on the history and future of the internet on 28 July 2005 and is displayed at the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford University. [237] The text printed and embossed in black into the brushed bronze surface of the plaque reads: [2] [nb 1]
Tim Berners-Lee: Inventor of the World Wide Web (Ferguson's Career Biographies), Melissa Stewart (Ferguson Publishing Company, 2001), ISBN 0-89434-367-X children's biography How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web , Robert Cailliau, James Gillies, R. Cailliau (Oxford University Press, 2000), ISBN 0-19-286207-3
It played an endgame with three chess pieces, automatically moving a white king and a rook to checkmate the black king moved by a human opponent. The device could be considered the first computer game in history. [4] It created great excitement when it made its debut, at the University of Paris in 1914.
Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria on 23 August 1954. [9] He was raised in Onitsha in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. His early schooling was suspended in 1967 as a result of the Nigerian Civil War.
The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee. [84] Graves, Joseph L. 1955– Evolutionary biologist [85] [86] [87] Green, Lisa: Linguist: Specializes in syntax and the study of African American English Greenaugh, Kevin: 1956–2023 Nuclear engineer [88] Griffin, Bessie Blount: 1914–2009
Gerald Anderson Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011) was an American electronic engineer.Besides being one of the first African-American computer engineers in Silicon Valley, Lawson was also known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console, leading the team that refined ROM cartridges for durable used as commercial video game cartridges.
Robert William Taylor (February 10, 1932 – April 13, 2017), known as Bob Taylor, was an American Internet pioneer, who led teams that made major contributions to the personal computer, and other related technologies.
Dean is the first [13] African-American to become an IBM Fellow, which is the highest level of technical excellence at the company. In 1997, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. [12] [14] He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001. [15] In 1997, Dean was awarded the Black Engineer of the Year Presidents ...