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Heinz Zemanek

Also Known As Heinrich Josef Zemanek
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Heinz Zemanek, properly Heinrich Josef Zemanek (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014), was an Austrian computer pioneer who led development from 1954 to 1958 of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent, nicknamed Mailufterl, Viennese for May breeze, in reference to the Whirlwind computer developed at MIT.

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Birth Year
1920 1
Birth Date
1920-01-01 1
Death Year
2014 1
Death Date
2014-07-16 1
Nationality
Austrian 1
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1. Heinz Zemanek - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Born field (year)
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
  • Infobox, Died field (year)
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
  • Lead paragraph, opening sentence (death)
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality clause
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
  • Lead paragraph, parenthetical alias clause
    Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 - 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.
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