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

AI overview

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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Dennis M. Ritchie appears in Vinony's Turing Award collection — one of 79 entries. It also appears in National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Within Vinony's link graph, Dennis M. Ritchie is referenced by 605 other articles, and connects out to Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Minor Planet Center and GNU C Library.

It is catalogued under topics including 1941 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century American inventors.

Its subject is documented across 84 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

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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Commons gallery: Dennis Ritchie
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics
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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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life and education

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