Ken Thompson
Kenneth Lane "Ken" Thompson (born Februar 4, 1943), commonly referred tae as ken in hacker circles,[2] is an American pioneer o computer science.
Kenneth Thompson | |
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![]() Thompson (left) wi Dennis Ritchie. | |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | 4 Februar 1943
Naitionality | American |
Alma mater | Varsity o Californie, Berkeley (B.S., 1965; M.S., 1966) |
Kent for | Unix B (programmin leid) Belle (chess machine) UTF-8 Endgame tablebase Go |
Awairds | IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Awaird (1982) Turing Awaird (1983) Computer Pioneer Awaird (1994) Computer History Museum Fellow (1997)[1] Naitional Medal o Technology (1998) Tsutomu Kanai Awaird (1999) Japan Prize (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Bell Labs Entrisphere, Inc Google Inc. |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ "Ken Thompson 1997 Fellow". Archived frae the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 Juin 2016.
- ↑ "ken". The Jargon File (version 4.4.7).