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John Henry Thompson
American-Jamaican Software Developer and Inventor

John taught himself several programming languages such as FORTRAN, PLI, COBOL and JCL while working in a New York research facility. Thompson’s goal was to absorb as much knowledge as possible so he could invent his own computer language.

He was the inventor of the Lingo programming language used in Adobe Director and a former Chief Scientist at Macromedia by @black.coders

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Mary Jackson
American mathematician and aerospace engineer

Mary Winston Jackson was a mathematician and aerospace engineer who became NASA’s first Black female engineer in 1958.

West Computers** A member of the West Computers, a group of African American women mathematicians who provided data for the early success of the U.S. space program by @black.coders

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Mark Dean
Computer Scientist

Co-creater of the IBM personal computer
released in 1981.

Contributed to the development of the
color PC monitor, the first gigahertz chip,
and the industry Standard Architecture
(ISA) system bus.

First African-American to become an IBM Fellow (which represents the highest level
of technical excellence). taken in IBM Corporate Headquarters by @black.coders

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CLARENCE "SKIP" ELLIS
Computer Scientist

First African-American to earn a Ph.D.
in computer science (from Univ. of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign in 1969).

Contributed to the development of ILLIAC IV supercomputer, icon-based GUI, object-oriented programming languages, "groupware”technology, and Operational Transformation (OT).

First African-American named to the
Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). by @black.coders

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Roy L. Clay, Sr.
Computer Programmer

In 1958, Clay started working as a computer
programmer at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in California (known today as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory).

Recruited in 1965 to set up Hewlett-Packard's computer development business, and led HP's first foray into the computer market with the 2116A computer.

Inducted into Silicon Valley Engineering
council’s Hall of Fame in 2003. taken in Hewlett-Packard by @black.coders

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Evelyn Boyd Granville
Mathematician

One of the first African-American women
to earn a Ph.D, in mathematics (from Yale
10 1949).

Joined IBM in 1956 as a computer
programmer, writing software programs
for the IBM 650 computer.

At IBM's Aviation Space and Information Systems division, Granville worked on various projects for NASA's Apollo space program, including digital computer techniques. taken in Yale University by @black.coders

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Katherine Johnson
Physicist & Mathematician

Starting in 1953, Johnson worked as a "human
computer" at NASA, doing calculations essential
to the success of many early missions.

Key to the success of Project Mercury and the Apollo 11 mission. When NASA began using digital computers, she helped confirm
the accuracy of those computer calculations.

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Barack Obama in 2015. taken in Nasa Space Center by @black.coders

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Coding Meme: Arrays are used to store similar data and can be accessed by it’s index number. by @black.coders

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Course Material for Certified Ethical Hacker Course. There are two books Volume 1 & Volume 2. Also, the course comes with labs and a lab Manuel to help you complete it. taken in EC-Council by @black.coders

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Currently have a degree in Computer Engineering with a Minor in Computer Science. In a development role already but started a new journey a couple weeks ago becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker. Just wanted to share this journey with you and show you what I am learning. Also, possible jobs you can get with this certifications and different directions you can go in. by @black.coders

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Coding Meme: When using SQL, you are running queries and joining data tables together to pull the information that is needed. taken in Software Development by @black.coders

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Python is the next coding language we are highlighting. It is one of the most used in the industry. Python us a high-level and general-purpose programming language. Python is design for its readability, which is why it uses significant white space between code. Learning Materials and example will be posted as we show you what and how python can used. by @black.coders

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