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Uncommon card · Science
Barbara Liskov, an Uncommon card
Barbara Jane Liskov is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 112
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 112 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Barbara Liskov quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Barbara Liskov card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Her work was recognized with the 2008 Turing Award, the ______ distinction in computer science.
Answer
highest. Her work was recognized with the 2008 Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science. From the Barbara Liskov article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Device driver. Device driver 69 · Barbara Liskov 66 · Maximum and minimum 62 · E-segment 59 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Her notable work includes the introduction of abstract data types and the accompanying principle of data abstraction, along with the Liskov substitution principle, which applies these ideas to object-oriented programming, subtyping, and inheritance.
- Her work was recognized with the 2008 Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science.
- Liskov is one of the earliest women to have been granted a doctorate in computer science in the United States, and the second woman to receive the Turing Award.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Barbara Liskov article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Barbara Liskov
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Barbara Liskov (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
