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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Also Known As AST
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Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum, sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1944 1
Birth Date
1944-03-16 1
Nationality
American-born Dutch 1
Award
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal 2
Award
Akademiehoogleraren Prize 2
Award
SIGCSE Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education 2
Award
ACM Software System Award 2
Connections

Invented By

MINIX, Systems
Source Wikidata: MINIX
Minix 3, Systems
Source Wikidata: Minix 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is the author of MINIX, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and has written multiple computer science textbooks regarded as standard texts in the field.
  • Infobox, Born
    March 16, 1944
  • lede sentence, born-date clause
    Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist
  • lede sentence, nationality clause
    Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist
  • Lead section, handle clause
    Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum (born March 16, 1944), sometimes referred to by the handle AST, is an American-born Dutch computer scientist and retired professor emeritus of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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2. Wikidata: Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Wikidata Q92621, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: MINIX
Invented By: MINIX, Wikidata Q187906 P178 (developer) claim -> Q92621 (Andrew S. Tanenbaum); computing atlas pioneer entity 276579, checked 2026-09-28View the Source
Wikidata: Minix 3
Invented By: Minix 3, Wikidata Q770573 P178 (developer) claim -> Q92621 (Andrew S. Tanenbaum); computing atlas pioneer entity 276579, checked 2026-09-28View the Source
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