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|File:Stephen Wolfram PR.jpg|'''[[Stephen Wolfram]]''' is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and businessman. He is known for his work in computer science, mathematics, and in theoretical physics.
|File:Shallow water waves.gif|Output from a (linearised) shallow water equation model of water in a bathtub. The water experiences 5 splashes which generate surface gravity waves that propagate away from the splash locations and reflect off of the bathtub walls.
|File:Emacs-screenshot.png|A screenshot of '''[[GNU Emacs]]''' 22.0.91.1, from [[Ubuntu]]’s emacs-snapshot-gtk package.
|File:IBM Port-A-Punch.jpg|An IBM Port-A-Punch '''[[punched card]]'''
|File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg|'''[[Ada Lovelace]]''' was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on [[Charles Babbage]]'s proposed mechanical general-purpose [[computer]], the [[Analytical Engine]]. She was the first to recognize that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation, and to have published the first [[algorithm]] intended to be carried out by such a machine. As a result, she is often regarded as the first computer [[programmer]].
|File:Mandel zoom 01 head and shoulder.jpg|Partial view of the '''[[Mandelbrot set]]'''. Step 1 of a zoom sequence: Gap between the "head" and the "body" also called the "seahorse valley".
|File:Sorting quicksort anim.gif|An animation of the '''[[quicksort]]''' [[algorithm]] sorting an array of randomized values
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