The first relevant figure that stuck out to me in the text was Dr Grace Murray Hopper, the first female to be involved in the development of sophisticated languages for computers. I believe she is important because not only did she immensely help out with the development of COBOL (common business oriented language) she was the highest ranking Navy officer of her time. To me this is amazing because for one she was serving our country both military wise/technology wise and it shows that women are capable of doing anything a man can do. She also is noted for her discovery of the first computer "bug" which is still important in today's computers with viruses and all except the bug she found was an actual moth inside the circuity of a computer LOL, however it has been preserved at the Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
The second relevant figure I'm choosing to write about is Steve Wozniak because I don't think he gets enough credit for the starting of "Apple" along side of Steve Jobs. He is a computer scientist best known for the inventions of the Apple II computer. He and Jobs actually worked out of a garage to make a "user-friendly alternative" to the other computers being introduced at that time. Wozniak was the brains behind the invention, while Jobs was the marketer. Apple was founded by both, and Wozniak created the Apple I, then created the Apple II, which was part of the personal computer series, which shot apple's stock up into the 900 millions. Sadly, Wozniak terminated his employment with Apple in 1985. I think Wozniak goes unnoticed for his contributions to the start of what is now one of the largest companies in the world. Without Wozniak's computer genius skills, would Apple be where it is today? I'm not sure, however I'm giving a huge round of applause for Mr Wozniak for founding the company and being the brains behind the technology.
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