Larry Page

Summary of Accomplishments

• He created Google using a new type of search engine algorithm
• He created another search engine called Backrub that helped him create Google
• He published many papers about computer science.
• He created the PageRank algorithm for search engines that made searching easier

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John Mccarthy

Summary of Accomplishments

• He created artificial intelligence as a computer science field
• He created a programming language called LISP in 1958 that helped people create AI
• He also created a system called time sharing that let many people use the same computer
• He helped develop Elephant 2000
• He created the Stanford AI Lab

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Tim Berners-Lee

Summary of Accomplishments

• He developed a program called Enquire that could store information in files, and this process was later called hypertext. Many files today use this technique to store files
• He established the World Wide Web, which is a system of webpages across the internet.
• He was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for his accomplishments in the internet
• He helped create HTML, HTTP, URLs, and the first web browser in 1990

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