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Douglas T. Ross

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Douglas Taylor Ross was an American computer scientist and pioneer who served as chairman of SofTech, Inc. He is most famous for originating the term CAD for computer aided design, and is considered the father of Automatically Programmed Tools, a programming language developed to drive numerical control in manufacturing.

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Birth Year
1929 1
Birth Date
1929-12-21 1
Death Year
2007 1
Death Date
2007-01-31 1
Nationality
American 1
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Douglas Taylor "Doug" Ross (21 December 1929-31 January 2007) was an American computer scientist pioneer, and chairman of SofTech, Inc.
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