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This dimension groups computing pioneers by nationality. Wikipedia defines nationality as "the legal status of belonging to a particular nation." Browsing this way collects every pioneer from the same country.

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1965 CE 1
United States
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Adele Goldberg

United States

Alan Kay

United States

Allan L. Scherr

United States

Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau

United States

Angie Jones

United States

Annie Easley

United States

Anthony James Barr

United States

Barbara Liskov

United States

Barry Boehm

United States

Bernard Galler

United States

Bert Sutherland

United States

Bill Joy

United States

Brad Cox

United States

Brendan Eich

United States

Bruce Arden

United States

Bryan Cantrill

United States

Carl Sassenrath

United States

Chris Lattner

United States

Dan Bricklin

United States

Danese Cooper

United States

Daniel P. Friedman

United States

Darrell Long

United States

Dave Cutler

United States

David F. Bacon

United States

David Gries

United States

Dennis E. Wisnosky

United States

Dennis Ritchie

United States

Dorothy Vaughan

United States

E. Allen Emerson

United States

Edmund M. Clarke

United States

Edward Yourdon

United States

Eric Allman

United States

Fernando Corbato

United States

Fernando J. Corbato

United States

Frances E. Allen

United States

Franklin H. Westervelt

United States

Gary Kildall

United States

Gerald Jay Sussman

United States

Glenda Schroeder

United States

Grace Hopper

United States

Grady Booch

United States

Harold W. Lawson

United States

James Rumbaugh

United States

Jean E. Sammet

United States

Jeff Bonwick

United States

Jerre Noe

United States

John Backus

United States

John C. Reynolds

United States

John Ousterhout

United States

Joseph Goguen

United States

Ken Thompson

United States

Larry Wall

United States

Lawrence Paulson

United States

Lisa Gelobter

United States

Lori A. Clarke

United States

M. A. Rothman

United States

Maciej Stachowiak

United States

Margaret Hamilton

United States

Mary Allen Wilkes

United States

Monica S. Lam

United States

Peter J. Denning

United States

Peter J. Weinberger

United States

Rajeev Alur

United States

Richard DeMillo

United States

Richard P. Gabriel

United States

Richard R. Burton

United States

Richard Stallman

United States

Richard W. Conway

United States

Robert France

United States

Robert K. Brayton

United States

Robert L. Glass

United States

Stephen C. Johnson

United States

Susan Owicki

United States

Ted Kaehler

United States

Terry A. Davis

United States

Thomas E. Kurtz

United States

Thomas Kurtz

United States

Tom DeMarco

United States

Watts Humphrey

United States

William Wulf

United States
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Software engineering
WikipediaSoftware engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory use
Quote, Software engineering, Origin of the term section, pioneer subcategory use
The term appeared in a list of services offered by companies in the June 1965 issue of "Computers and Automation" and was used more formally in the August 1966 issue of Communications of the ACM (Volume 9, number 8) in "President's Letter to the ACM Membership" by Anthony A. Oettinger.
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