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Unit 3. Exercise 35. A. Read and listen to the texts and write the names. Charles Babbage.

Charles Babbage was an English mathematician, original thinker, and mechanical engineer.

He was born in London in 1791. Babbage received special training at the University of Cambridge

in 1812. He graduated from Peterhouse University of Cambridge in 1814. Babbage continued his

studies in the field of mathematical science. He found the programmable computer idea, the

basic principle of today's computer. For this reason, people know him as the father of computer.

Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace was born in London, England in 1815. She was a mathematician

and a co -worker of Charles Babbage. She created a prototype program of a digital computer.

She died in Marleybone, London in 1852. People know her as the first computer programmer.

Stephen Paul Jobs was born on 24th of February, 1955. He grew up in Mountain View, California.

The area later became known as Silicon Valley. Jobs worked in his father's garage in his youth.

Then he became an American businessman, designer, and inventor. He is best known as the co -founder,

chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Incorporated. In 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded

Next, a computer platform development company. Jobs supervised the development of the iMac,

iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. In 2003, doctors diagnosed him with a pancreatic neuroendocrine

tumor. Jobs was on medical leave for most of 2011, so he stopped working in August. He

was born in music industries. People know him as the father of Apple.