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Kees Schouhamer Immink, an Uncommon card
Kornelis Antonie "Kees" Schouhamer Immink is a Dutch engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur who pioneered and advanced the era of digital audio, video, and data recording, including popular digital media such as the compact disc, DVD and Blu-ray disc.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Kees Schouhamer Immink quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kees Schouhamer Immink card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He has been a ______ and influential engineer, who holds more than 1,100 United States and international patents.
Answer
prolific. He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds more than 1,100 United States and international patents. From the Kees Schouhamer Immink article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cyril Burt. Cyril Burt 76 · Kees Schouhamer Immink 73 · Naim Frashëri 68 · Sesshū Tōyō 63 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.
- He has been a prolific and influential engineer, who holds more than 1,100 United States and international patents.
- A large portion of the commonly used audio and video playback and recording devices use technologies based on his work.
- His contributions to coding systems assisted the digital video and audio revolution, by enabling reliable data storage at information densities previously unattainable.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kees Schouhamer Immink article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Kees Schouhamer Immink
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kees Schouhamer Immink (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ehuang, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
