For the German historian, see Werner Buchholz (historian).
Werner Buchholz
Born
(1922-10-24)24 October 1922
Detmold, Germany
Died
11 July 2019(2019-07-11) (aged 96)
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Parent(s)
Julius and Elsa Buchholz
Awards
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1990)
Werner Buchholz (24 October 1922 – 11 July 2019) was a German-American computer scientist. After growing up in Europe, Buchholz moved to Canada and then to the United States. He worked for International Business Machines (IBM) in New York. In June 1956, he coined the term "byte" for a unit of digital information.[1][2][3] In 1990, he was recognized as a computer pioneer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
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