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== Prominent pioneers in computer science ==

* [[Charles Babbage]], Designed and built a prototype for a [[difference engine|mechanical calculator]]; designed, but never built, the more powerful [[analytical engine|Analytical Engine]].

* [[John Backus]] Invention of [[FORTRAN]] ('''For'''mula '''Tran'''slation), the first practical high-level programming language and the [[Backus-Naur form]] for describing formal language [[syntax]].

* [[James W. Cooley]] and [[John W. Tukey]] The [[Cooley-Tukey FFT algorithm|Fast Fourier Transform]] and its impact on scientific research.

* [[Ole-Johan Dahl]] and [[Kristen Nygaard]], inventors of the proto-object oriented language [[SIMULA]].