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Tim Paterson

1956 - Today

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Tim Paterson (born 1 June 1956) is an American computer programmer, best known for creating 86-DOS, an operating system for the Intel 8086. This system emulated the application programming interface (API) of CP/M, which was created by Gary Kildall. 86-DOS later formed the basis of MS-DOS, the most widely used personal computer operating system in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Paterson is the 187th most popular computer scientist (down from 159th in 2019). (down from 4,461st in 2019)

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Among computer scientists, Tim Paterson ranks 187 out of 245. Before him are Michael Dertouzos, Richard Garriott, Rob Pike, Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, and Dave Cutler. After him are Robert Tappan Morris, Geir Ivarsøy, Sugata Mitra, Gary McKinnon, Maria Klawe, and Brian Acton.

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Among people born in 1956, Tim Paterson ranks 551. Before him are Bruno Tshibala, Augusto Santos Silva, Lise-Marie Morerod, Daniel Willems, Mike McCallum, and Yodrak Salakjai. After him are Georgi Bliznashki, Hou Yu-ih, Viv Anderson, Vera Zozulya, Patrick Leonard, and Vasile Pușcașu.

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