Computer People Posters
for the social studies, science, and vocational education classroom, school guidance counselor.

Vocational Education Posters-
Desktop Publishing Specialist

A desktop pubishing (DTP) specialist uses a computer to prepare reports, brochures, books, magazines, and other documents for printing. He or she generally has a mix of typesetter, graphic designer, and paste-up artist skills. At a large company, a DTP specialist brings together electronic text files, artwork and photo files, and any other page elements necessary to construct the final document in a page-layout software program. Most DTP specialists are expected to have some design and artistic skills as well as the technical ones. ...

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I AM A COMPUTER PROGRAMER, Poster

I can create web pages and install new computer equipment. Sometimes I even help my parents figure out why they can't get their emai.! Computers are fascinating to me and I love learning how to use them. If I believe in myself and follow my dream, someday I'll be writing computer programs. I have the power to be somebody!

Related careers: Mathematician / Webmaster / Computer Systems Analyst / Software Engineer

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Grace Hopper
b. 12-9-1906, NYC
d. 1-1-1992, Arlington, VA

Grace Hopper, computer scientist, was a pioneer in the development of computer languages, and played an essential role in developing and standardizing COBOL, which led to widespread use of computers in business, governmental, and science applications.

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Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace
b. 12-10-1815; England
d. 11-27-1852

Ada Lovelace was the only legitimate daughter of Lord Byron. She received early training as a mathematician and is considered to have written the first computer program in her correspondence with Charles Babbage about his early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine.

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Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions (illustrations by the Author, A SQUARE), written in 1884 by Edwin Abbot, is still considered an excellent source of inspiration for computer and mathematical students.

Steve Jobs
b. 2-24-1955; SF, CA.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple Computer, Inc. (now Apple, Inc.) in the late 1970s. Apple designs and manufactures consumer electronics and software such as Macintosh computers, the iPod and the iPhone; and Mac OS X operating system, iTunes, iLife, iWork, and Final Cut Pro.

Currently (mid 2009) Jobs is on health leave from Apple.

John Opel
b. 1925; Kansas City, MO

John R. Opel was president and CEO of IBM (International Business Machines) that chose Bill Gates MS-DOS for their operating system.

Bill Gates
b. 10-28-1955; Seattle, WA

Bill Gates is chairman of Microsoft, a company he founded with Paul Allen, in 1975.

Marc Andreessen
b. 7-9-1971; Cedar Rapids, IA

Marc Andreessen is software engineer best known as co-author of Mosaic, the first widely-used web browser, and founder of Netscape Communications Corporation.

Steve Case
b. 8-21-1958; Honolulu, HI

Steve Case was the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online (AOL).

Andrew Grove
b. 9-2-1936; Budapest, Hungary

Andrew Grove, businessman and scientist, was one of the earliest employees of Intel Corporation and played key leadership roles in its success.

Jeff Bezos
b. 1-12-1964; Albuquerque, NM

Jeff Bezos is the founder, president, CEO and board chairman of Amazon.com

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