Werner Buchholz
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Werner Buchholz was a German-American computer scientist best known for coining the term "byte" and contributing to the design of early IBM computers.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Werner Buchholz canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German-American person
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IBM employee ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-10-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Detmold, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinageContext | IBM Stretch project documentation ⓘ |
| coinageDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | byte ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2019-07-11 ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor of Engineering ⓘ |
| education | McGill University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
IBM
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IBM Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century computer science ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Buchholz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer architecture
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computer science ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Werner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| influenced | standardization of byte size in computer architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term "byte"
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contributions to early IBM computer design ⓘ |
| language |
English
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German ⓘ |
| migration | emigrated from Germany to the United States ⓘ |
| nationality | German-American ⓘ |
| notableConcept | 8-bit byte as basic addressable unit of information ⓘ |
| notableWork | design of IBM 7030 Stretch computer ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer engineer
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computer scientist ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | San Jose, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Poughkeepsie, New York
NERFINISHED
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San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retirementYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| spouse | Françoise Buchholz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn |
IBM 7030 Stretch
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early IBM mainframe computers ⓘ |
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