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Stephen R. Bourne

Stephen Richard "Steve" Bourne (born 7 January 1944) is an English computer scientist based in the United States for most of his career. He is well known as the author of the Bourne shell (sh), which is the foundation for the standard command-line interfaces to Unix.

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Known for
ALGOL 68C CAMAL Advanced Debugger Bourne shell The Unix System ACM Queue
Education
King's College London (BSc) Trinity College, Cambridge (Dipl., PhD)
Born
(1944-01-07) 7 January 1944 (age 82) United Kingdom
Fields
Computer science
Other name
Steve
Workplaces
Bell Labs Silicon Graphics Digital Equipment Corporation Sun Microsystems Cisco Systems Association for Computing Machinery Icon Venture Partners

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Stephen R. Bourne

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Stephen R. Bourne

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related to External links · 10
Stephen R. Bourne → ACM Queue, Bourne, Bruce, Bruce Lindsay, Conversation, December, Interview, Interviewed, Lindsay, Stephen
Born · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → (1944-01-07) 7 January 1944 (age 82) United Kingdom
Education · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → King's College London (BSc) Trinity College, Cambridge (Dipl., PhD)
Fields · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → Computer science
Known for · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → ALGOL 68C CAMAL Advanced Debugger Bourne shell The Unix System ACM Queue
Other name · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → Steve
Workplaces · 1
Stephen R. Bourne → Bell Labs Silicon Graphics Digital Equipment Corporation Sun Microsystems Cisco Systems Association for Computing Machinery Icon Venture Partners

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Stephen R. BourneEducationKing's College London (BSc) Trinity College, Cambridge (Dipl., PhD)1.00infobox
Stephen R. BourneFieldsComputer science1.00infobox
Stephen R. BourneKnown forALGOL 68C CAMAL Advanced Debugger Bourne shell The Unix System ACM Queue1.00infobox
Stephen R. BourneOther nameSteve1.00infobox
Stephen R. BourneWorkplacesBell Labs Silicon Graphics Digital Equipment Corporation Sun Microsystems Cisco Systems Association for Computing Machinery Icon Venture Partners1.00infobox
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksLindsay0.60section
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksBruce0.60section
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksDecember0.60section
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksConversation0.60section
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksBruce Lindsay0.60section
Stephen R. Bournerelated to External linksInterview0.60section

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