Kenneth Harry Olsen
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Kenneth Harry Olsen was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime president of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), a pioneering company in the minicomputer industry.
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| Kenneth Harry Olsen canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
entrepreneur
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
PDP series of minicomputers
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VAX computer systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessDomain |
computer systems engineering
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minicomputer manufacturing ⓘ |
| coFounded | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
MIT
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Olsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer hardware
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computer industry ⓘ minicomputers ⓘ |
| fullName | Kenneth Harry Olsen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Kenneth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessPartner | Digital Equipment Corporation co-founders ⓘ |
| hasEmployer | Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware industry
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information technology ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of networked computer systems
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evolution of midrange computing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Digital Equipment Corporation
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leadership in the minicomputer industry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American business leaders in technology sector ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
building DEC into one of the largest computer companies of the 20th century
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helping popularize time-sharing and interactive computing models ⓘ |
| notableIdea | affordable computing for organizations via minicomputers ⓘ |
| notableRole | pioneer of interactive computing ⓘ |
| notableWork | development and commercialization of minicomputers at DEC ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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computer engineer ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of computing
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history of the minicomputer industry ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief executive of Digital Equipment Corporation
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president of Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Massachusetts
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United States of America ⓘ
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United States
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