Multiple choice general knowledge

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie, author of C language along with Ken Thompson received this award for the development of generic operating system.

  1. Nobel Prize

  2. e-Government National Award

  3. Turing Award

  4. Medal of Honor
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson received the Turing Award in 1983 for their development of generic operating systems theory and specifically for creating Unix. The Turing Award is computing's highest honor, often called the 'Nobel Prize of Computer Science.' The Nobel Prize does not have a computing category, while the other options are unrelated to computing achievements.

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