Dennis M. Ritchie

Also known as Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, A. Ritči, dmr, Dennis Ritchie

American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language

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Dennis M. Ritchie was an American computer scientist who co-invented Unix, an influential operating system, and created the C programming language. His work on these foundational computing technologies shaped how software is built and systems are designed for decades to come.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Dennis
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Bronxville
Place of death: Berkeley Heights
Occupation: mathematician
Employer: Bell Labs
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Notable work: BCPL
Field of work: computer science
Official website: 9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr
Image: Dennis Ritchie 2011.jpg

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manner of death: natural causes
Commons category: Dennis Ritchie
date of birth: 1941-09-09
date of death: 2011-10-12
Erdős number: 3
cause of death: testicular cancer
birth name: Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
described by source: Communications of the ACM
member of: National Academy of Engineering
partner in business or sport: Ken Thompson

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Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – c. October 12, 2011) was an American computer scientist. He created, together with long-time colleague Ken Thompson, the Unix operating system, C programming language, and B programming language.

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Dennis M. Ritchie

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