Which prestigious award did Dennis Ritchie receive in 1983?
Nobel Prize
Oscar
Turing Award
Pulitzer
Answer
The Turing Award, widely regarded as the "Nobel Prize" of computing, was presented to Dennis Ritchie in 1983 for his fundamental contributions to the development of theory and practice of operating systems, as well as for the development of the C programming language. Ritchie's pioneering work laid the groundwork for modern software development and revolutionized the field of computer science.
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