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John W. Backus
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US-amerikanischer Pionier der Informatik
John Backus was an American computer scientist who lived from 1924 to 2007 and made significant contributions to the field of computing. He is best known for his work on early programming languages and computer systems that helped shape how we write software today.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Ashland
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Employer
- IBM
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- FP
- Field of work
- informatics
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- John Backus 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1924-12-03
- date of death
- 2007-03-17
- Erdős number
- 5
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- Computer History Museum
- streaming media URL
- www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102657954
- Commons category
- John Backus
- place of burial
- San Francisco Columbarium
- birth name
- John Warner Backus
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- name in native language
- John Warner Backus
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John Warner Backus (* 3. Dezember 1924 in Philadelphia; † 17. März 2007 in Ashland, Oregon) war ein US-amerikanischer Informatiker und einer der Pioniere der Informatik. Er war Leiter des Entwicklungsteams von Fortran, der ersten (tatsächlich realisierten) Programmierhochsprache. Mit Peter Naur zusammen entwickelte er die nach ihnen benannte Backus-Naur-Form, eine Notation zur Beschreibung formaler Sprachen. Er forschte im Bereich der funktionalen Programmierung und half, dieses Programmierparadigma weiter zu verbreiten.
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