Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Also known as Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum, Andrew Tanenbaum, Andy Tanenbaum, Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum
American-Dutch computer scientist
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Andrew S. Tanenbaum is an American-Dutch computer scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of computing. He is widely known for his work in computer systems and his influential textbooks that have educated generations of computer science students.
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- 16 March 1944
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- Computer Networks
- Distributed Systems
- Redes de computadores
- 现代操作系统
- Systèmes d'exploitation
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Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and has written multiple computer science textbooks regarded as standard texts in the field. He regards his teaching job as his most important work. Since 2004 he has operated Electoral-vote.com, a website dedicated to analysis of polling data in federal elections in the United States.
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