Gary Kildall

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(b.) May 19, 1942 — (d.) July 11, 1994

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Creator of CP/M, the first disk-based OS for microcomputers, Kildall built a precursor to MS-DOS. CP/M became a fertile ground for the development of application software for microcomputers that became precursors to modern software in personal computers, including word processors like WordStar and database systems like dBase.

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Edited By: Aaron Sylvan

Script Supervised By: Aaron Sylvan

Noted For: First PC OS, CP/M
Category: Computer Scientist - Software/Mathematics
Affiliation: Digital Research, Inc.
Gender: Male

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