John Warnock
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John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
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| instanceOf |
businessperson
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company founder → computer scientist → human → |
| awardReceived |
Computerworld Smithsonian Award
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Marconi Prize → National Medal of Technology and Innovation → |
| coFounded |
Adobe Systems
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| coFounderOf |
Adobe Systems
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| developed |
PDF
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Portable Document Format → PostScript → |
| educatedAt |
University of Colorado Boulder
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University of Utah → |
| employer |
Adobe Systems
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| familyName |
Warnock
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| fieldOfStudy |
computer science
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mathematics → |
| fieldOfWork |
computer graphics
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computer science → desktop publishing → digital document formats → digital typography → page description languages → |
| givenName |
John
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| hasEmployer |
Xerox PARC
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| influenced |
desktop publishing industry
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digital printing technology → electronic document workflows → |
| knownFor |
co-founding Adobe Systems
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pioneering the PDF file format → pioneering the PostScript page description language → |
| language |
English
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Engineering → |
| notableIdea |
device-independent page description
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platform-independent document format → |
| notableWork |
PDF
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Portable Document Format → PostScript → |
| occupation |
business executive
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computer scientist → entrepreneur → software engineer → |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of Adobe Systems
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Chief Executive Officer of Adobe Systems → |
| sexOrGender |
male
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| workedOn |
InterPress page description language at Xerox PARC
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Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Adobe Systems
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coFounder |
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PostScript
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designer |
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Ivan Sutherland
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doctoralStudent |
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Adobe Inc.
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foundedBy |
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Warnock
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hasNotableBearer |
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Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
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hasNotableRecipient |