Aryabhatt introduced the concept of zero in ancient India, which was essential for the development of computer technology. Charles Babbage is considered the father of computers as a British mathematician. Several other important figures include Dr. Engelbart who invented the mouse, Sir Christopher Latham Sholes who invented the QWERTY keyboard layout, James T. Russell who invented the compact disc in 1965, and Tim Berners Lee who founded the World Wide Web. Jerry Yang and David Filo founded Yahoo, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google.

1. Aryabhatt Aryabhatt was ancient India’s greatest mathematician and expert in astronomy. He introduced the concept of 0 (zero) without which computer technology would be non – existent.