biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1942– )
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| biography:
| US computer software designer. A lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School in California, he wrote CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers) in 1974, the first operating system for general use on microcomputers using the Intel 8080 chip, enabling others to write applications programs. It provided a major boost to the micro revolution. |
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