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Universidad de Quilmes Licenciatura en Informática Trabajo Práctico # 4

The document outlines the achievements of influential programmers such as Larry Page, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ken Thompson, Linus Torvalds, Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing, highlighting their contributions to technology and society. It poses questions for analysis regarding the text's content, grammatical structures, and the significance of the highlighted sentences. Additionally, it encourages further exploration through a mind gap exercise.

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Universidad de Quilmes Licenciatura en Informática Trabajo Práctico # 4

The document outlines the achievements of influential programmers such as Larry Page, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ken Thompson, Linus Torvalds, Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing, highlighting their contributions to technology and society. It poses questions for analysis regarding the text's content, grammatical structures, and the significance of the highlighted sentences. Additionally, it encourages further exploration through a mind gap exercise.

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UNIVERSIDAD DE QUILMES

LICENCIATURA EN INFORMÁTICA
TRABAJO PRÁCTICO # 4
1) Read carefully this text and:
a. Write what these people have achieved (in Spanish)
b. Write in which way this article the programmers are called upon? Do
you agree?
c. Explain why most of the sentences are written in Simple Past.
d. Explain the meaning of the highlighted sentences. What do they have in
common, grammatically?
e. Write one sentences in Present Perfect. Why is it used in this case?
f. Who is the oldest person?
g. Who or what the green highlighted words/phrases refer to?
h. Make a mind gap.

Programmers are some of the hardest working and most influential people. While
everybody uses software products and platforms, programmers rarely get to see the
spotlight in the same way as famous celebrities and CEOs. Here is the list of the
topmost influential programmers who have changed the tech landscape.

Larry Page
Google co-founder, Larry Page is known for inventing the search engine along with
Sergey Brin. He created the innovative PageRank search engine algorithm that created
the foundation of Google Search.

Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is considered as one of the smartest computer
programmers. He revolutionised the software and computing world with Microsoft.
Gates continues to invest billions of dollars in solving the world's most challenging
issues through his philanthropic arm.

Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way people interacted on the internet
and maintained friendships. Facebook has connected billions of people together
regardless of geographic distance.

Ken Thompson
Thompson is one of the pioneers of computer science. He implemented the original
UNIX operating system, which powers various smartphones, military systems,
operating systems, and benign networks. He re-wrote the UNIX into C programming
along with Dennis Ritchie in 1973.

Linus Torvalds
The list is incomplete without mentioning the father of Linux. Linus Torvalds is the
creator of Linux kernel, which became the backbone of Linux OS, Chrome, and
Android. He also created the version controlling system Git.

Ada Lovelace
The English mathematician is the world's first computer programmer. She recognised
the analytical engine which can be built for purposes beyond just number crunching.
Lovelace examined how technology can be related to human and society. Born in
1815, Lovelace was much ahead of her time.

Alan Turing
The computer scientist, mathematician, and logician, Alan Turing is the creator of the
Turing machine, which simulates computer algorithms. The machine played a vital role
in deciphering codes used during World War II. Alan Turing is considered the hero of
World War II and the father of modern-day computing.

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