Alan Jay Perlis

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Technical insides of a desktop computer

5 Components of Information Systems

bunch of numbers

Unusual Counting Systems

Programming computer abstract

Influential Computer Programming Languages

number zero, 0 balloon

Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

Discover

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009

Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.

9 American Political Scandals

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

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William L. Hosch
William L. Hosch was an editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 01, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 28, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 03, 2024
	New article added.	William L. Hosch	May 06, 2009