Tag: science & technology

Oncologists study the treatment of cancer?

Ophthalmologists study the eye and eye surgery?

Pathologists study disease and disease processes, including cause of death?

Pediatricians study the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents?

Physiatrists study and treat the function and rehabilitation of patients?

Podiatrists study and treat disorders of the foot and ankle?

In 1969, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie embarked upon a project to develop a single-user version of MULTICS for a PDP minicomputer. They recognized the need for using a high-level language for portability. This need led Ritchie to develop a new language to write system software for the new system, called UNIX, and wrote an excellent compiler for it. Which is the language I'm talking about?

In 1980, IBM approached this genius with the proposal of creating the operating system for their to-be-released-soon PCs, which he immediately declined. This is touted as the worst decision in business history, because then IBM went to Bill Gates and the rest is history. Microsoft must have a bust of him in their offices! Who is he?

Name the person who invented the mouse (not the rodent!), albeit for a different purpose.( The mouse was renovated by Xerox PARC for use with their GUIs and gradually Apple Computer rode that wave feverishly until Microsoft took over!)

The founder of Atari Games, where Steve Jobs worked and used that job to make Steve Wozniak build a game with a much lesser number of chips. Jobs would later split the money dishonestly with Woz, but that gave birth to the software games that are so popular today.