COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Alan Turing
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Bill Gates
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Steve Jobs
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Mr Boden
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Detailed explanation-1: -Turing’s electro-mechanical machine, a forerunner of modern computers, unraveled the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany and helped give the Allies an advantage in the naval struggle for control of the Atlantic.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the war, Turing joined the team at Bletchley Park. Using his remarkable intelligence knowledge of cryptology, he played a key role in breaking German naval codes including the famous Enigma machine – this without doubt saved many lives and may even have shortened the war by up to 2 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -He invented one of the core concepts of theoretical computer science (the Turing machine), while also building practical computing machines that helped crack the Enigma code – an accomplishment that would remain secret for many years after.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians estimate that Alan Turing’s contributions may have helped shorten the war by two to four years and saved about 14 to 21 million lives. In fact, Winston Churchill was reported to have told King George VI that it was because of decryption that they won the war.