Theo Harder (born August 28, 1945, in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany) is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Kaiserslautern, known for his work on database systems, transaction processing, and parallel and distributed computing. In 1983, Harder and Andreas Reuter created the ACID acronym, representing Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability, defining essential characteristics of distributed relational databases. He received the Konrad Zuse Medal in 2001 and an honorary doctorate from Universitat Oldenburg in 2002.
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