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An Wang

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An Wang (February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese–American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily for its dedicated word processing machines. [1]

50 relations: Aphorism, ASCII, BASIC, Boch Center, Boston University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cancer, Cathode ray tube, China, Chinese Americans in Boston, Concord, Massachusetts, CORDIC, Dallas, Differential signaling, Electrical engineering, Emergency medical technician, Emerson Hospital, Hanspeter Pfister, Harvard Mark IV, Harvard University, Howard H. Aiken, IBM, IBM System/370, Instruction set architecture, Internet service provider, Kunshan, Lincoln, Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, Magnetic-core memory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Minicomputer, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Processor register, Roger W. Brockett, Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sole proprietorship, Suzhou, System call, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, United States, Wang (surname), Wang 2200, Wang Institute of Graduate Studies, Wang Laboratories, Warner & Swasey Company, Word processor, Working capital, Zilog Z80.

Aphorism

An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting "delimitation", "distinction", and "definition") is a concise, terse, laconic, and/or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.

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ASCII

ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

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BASIC

BASIC (an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use.

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Boch Center

The Boch Center (formerly Citi Performing Arts Center and Wang Center for the Performing Arts) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization located in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boston University

Boston University (commonly referred to as BU) is a private, non-profit, research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cathode ray tube

The cathode ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube that contains one or more electron guns and a phosphorescent screen, and is used to display images.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese Americans in Boston

The Boston metropolitan area has an active Chinese American community.

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Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.

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CORDIC

CORDIC (for COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer), also known as Volder's algorithm, is a simple and efficient algorithm to calculate hyperbolic and trigonometric functions, typically converging with one digit (or bit) per iteration.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Differential signaling

Differential signaling is a method for electrically transmitting information using two complementary signals.

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Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a professional engineering discipline that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.

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Emergency medical technician

Emergency medical technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.

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Emerson Hospital

Emerson Hospital is a hospital located in Concord, Massachusetts, at 133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner, founded in 1911 on donated by Charles Emerson.

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Hanspeter Pfister

Hanspeter Pfister is a Swiss computer scientist and the An Wang Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University.

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Harvard Mark IV

The Harvard Mark IV was an electronic stored-program computer built by Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Aiken for the United States Air Force.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Howard H. Aiken

Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer.

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IBM

The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.

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IBM System/370

The IBM System/370 (S/370) was a model range of IBM mainframe computers announced on June 30, 1970 as the successors to the System/360 family.

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Instruction set architecture

An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet.

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Kunshan

Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu Province, bordering Shanghai to the east.

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Lincoln, Massachusetts

Lincoln is a town in the historic area of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Magnetic-core memory

Magnetic-core memory was the predominant form of random-access computer memory for 20 years between about 1955 and 1975.

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Minicomputer

A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was developed in the mid-1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.

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National Inventors Hall of Fame

The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of highly significant technology.

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Processor register

In computer architecture, a processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's central processing unit (CPU).

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Roger W. Brockett

Roger Ware Brockett (born October 22, 1938 in Seville, Ohio) is an American control theorist and the An Wang Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, who founded the in 1983.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public research university in Shanghai, China.

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Sole proprietorship

A sole proprietorship, also known as the sole trader or simply a proprietorship, is a type of enterprise that is owned and run by one natural person and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business entity.

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Suzhou

Suzhou (Wu Chinese), formerly romanized as Soochow, is a major city located in southeastern Jiangsu Province of East China, about northwest of Shanghai.

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System call

In computing, a system call is the programmatic way in which a computer program requests a service from the kernel of the operating system it is executed on.

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Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Tewksbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Tyngsborough, Massachusetts

Tyngsborough (also spelled Tyngsboro) is a town in northern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Wang (surname)

Wang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surnames 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng).

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Wang 2200

The Wang 2200 appeared in May 1973, and was Wang Laboratories' first minicomputer that could perform data processing in a common computer language.

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Wang Institute of Graduate Studies

The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies was an independent educational institution founded in 1979 by computer entrepreneur An Wang.

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Wang Laboratories

Wang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951, by An Wang and G. Y. Chu.

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Warner & Swasey Company

The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of machine tools, instruments, and special machinery.

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Word processor

A word processor is a computer program or device that provides for input, editing, formatting and output of text, often plus other features.

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Working capital

Working capital (abbreviated WC) is a financial metric which represents operating liquidity available to a business, organisation or other entity, including governmental entities.

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Zilog Z80

The Z80 CPU is an 8-bit based microprocessor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Wang

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