Willem Louis van der Poel was a Dutch computer scientist known for designing one of the first computers built in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat, or ZEBRA, translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator.
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was a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands
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Willem Louis van der Poel (2 December 1926-22 July 2024) was a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat (ZEBRA), translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator.
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Computer Pioneer Award (1984)
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