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1. www.computerhistory.org › profile › kenneth-thompsonKen Thompson - CHM

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   Apr 2, 2024 · Ken Thompson. Computer Science Pioneer. In the 1960s and ‘70s, Ken Thompson, along with Dennis Ritchie, coinvented the Unix operating system at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Thompson also worked on the B programming language, the 1980 world computer chess champion computer, “Belle,” the Plan 9 operating system, and the open-source ...

2. archive.computerhistory.org › resources › textOral History of Ken Thompson - Computer History Museum

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   Ken Thompson: And you know it was just a big monstrous project with GE, Bell Labs and MIT to build the time sharing system that was going to end all time sharing systems. And it was hugely over-designed and wildly uneconomical. It had very unique hardware. It was a research project on about four fronts,

3. nationalmedals.org › laureate › kenneth-l-thompsonKenneth L. Thompson - National Science and Technology Medals...

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   Kenneth L. Thompson was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation For their invention of UNIX® operating system and the C programming language, which together have led to enormous growth of an entire industry, thereby enhancing American leadership in the Information Age.