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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Tim Paterson

1956 - Today

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Tim Paterson (born 1 June 1956) is an American computer programmer, best known for creating 86-DOS, an operating system for the Intel 8086. This system emulated the application programming interface (API) of CP/M, which was created by Gary Kildall. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Paterson has received more than 405,591 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Paterson is the 148th most popular computer scientist.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Tim Paterson ranks 148 out of 201Before him are Bertrand Meyer, Steve Russell, Martin Fowler, Raj Reddy, Kent Beck, and Bruce Schneier. After him are Silvio Micali, Brewster Kahle, Christos Papadimitriou, Dave Cutler, Grady Booch, and Sudha Murty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tim Paterson ranks 394Before him are Silviu Lung, Miroslav Votava, Rex Linn, Carlos Roberto Gallo, Ray Wilkins, and Ri Yong-ho. After him are Avi Cohen, Marin Alsop, Dwight Yoakam, Jonathan Palmer, Andro Knego, and Tony Kushner.

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