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Ken Thompson

Ken Thompson

American computer scientist, creator of the unix operating system

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Is a
Person
Person
Also Known As
Kenneth Thompson
Awards Received
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2019 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee
Citizenship
United States
United States
Birthdate
February 4, 1943
Educated at
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Notable Work
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Ed (text editor)
Multics
Multics
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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DBm
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Belle (chess machine)
Unix
Unix
Go
Go
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Occupation
Hacker
Hacker
Computer scientist
Computer scientist
Programmer
Programmer
Scientist
Scientist
Birthplace
New Orleans
New Orleans
Official Website
cs.bell-labs.co/who/ken/
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Wikidata ID
Q1107006

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