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Fred Brooks, an Uncommon card
Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr. was an American computer architect, software engineer, and computer scientist, best known for managing development of IBM's System/360 family of mainframe computers and the OS/360 software support package, then later writing candidly about those experiences in his seminal book The…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Fred Brooks quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Fred Brooks card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Brooks received many awards, including the National Medal of ______ in 1985 and the 1999 ACM Turing Award.
Answer
Technology. Brooks received many awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1985 and the 1999 ACM Turing Award. From the Fred Brooks article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Brooks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computer system design and the development of academic programs in computer sciences".
Answer
1970s. In 1976, Brooks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computer system design and the development of academic programs in computer sciences". From the Fred Brooks article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Old Javanese. Old Javanese 73 · Andrew Huxley 68 · Fred Brooks 65 · John T. Chambers 61 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.
- In 1976, Brooks was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to computer system design and the development of academic programs in computer sciences".
- Brooks received many awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1985 and the 1999 ACM 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 Fred Brooks article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Fred Brooks
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Fred Brooks in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Sikorsky S-72Uncommon · Science · ATK 60 DEF 55
- TeramoUncommon · Society · ATK 67 DEF 48
- Andrew HuxleyUncommon · History · ATK 68 DEF 47
- John Maynard SmithUncommon · History · ATK 66 DEF 49
- John T. ChambersUncommon · History · ATK 61 DEF 54
- Old JavaneseUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Fred Brooks (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Copyright owned by SD&M (www.sdm.de), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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