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Kristen Nygaard, an Uncommon card
Kristen Nygaard was a Norwegian computer scientist, programming language pioneer, and politician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 25
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Kristen Nygaard quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Kristen Nygaard card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their ______ to computer science.
Answer
contribution. Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science. From the Kristen Nygaard article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the ____s.
Answer
1960s. Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s. From the Kristen Nygaard article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kristen Nygaard. Kristen Nygaard 61 · Anthony, King of Saxony 57 · Yamada Nagamasa 54 · Cactus Plant Flea Market 50 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.
- Internationally, Nygaard is acknowledged as the co-inventor of object-oriented programming and the programming language Simula with Ole-Johan Dahl in the 1960s.
- Nygaard and Dahl received the 2001 A. M. Turing Award for their contribution to computer science.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Kristen Nygaard article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 25: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Kristen Nygaard
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Kristen Nygaard (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jorge Stolfi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
