Bob Bemer
Computer scientist and engineer
Born
1920
106 years ago
Died
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United States
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A computer scientist and engineer contributed significantly to the development of programming languages and computer standards. Pioneered the development of ASCII, which became a fundamental character encoding standard. Worked on early computer systems and programming languages, advocating for standards that improved communication between computers. Played a key role in the advancement of early computing technology and contributed to the establishment of important coding systems.
Pioneered the development of ASCII
Contributed to COBOL specifications
Developed the concept of 'escape' character
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