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Uncommon card · Science
Sophie Wilson, an Uncommon card
Sophie Mary Wilson is an English computer scientist, a co-designer of the instruction set for the ARM architecture.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 54,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Sophie Wilson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sophie Wilson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Wilson first designed a ______ during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Answer
microcomputer. Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge. From the Sophie Wilson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
She first began designing the ARM reduced instruction set computer in ____, which entered production two years later.
Answer
1980s. She first began designing the ARM reduced instruction set computer in 1983, which entered production two years later. From the Sophie Wilson article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Algebraic variety. Algebraic variety 74 · Problem of induction 71 · Sophie Wilson 68 · David Duffield 65 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.
- Wilson first designed a microcomputer during a break from studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge.
- She subsequently joined Acorn Computers and was instrumental in designing the BBC Microcomputer, including the BBC BASIC programming language.
- She first began designing the ARM reduced instruction set computer in 1983, which entered production two years later.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sophie Wilson article was read about 54,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Sophie Wilson
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The cards just above and just below Sophie Wilson in the power ranking, all domains together.
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- David DuffieldUncommon · Science · ATK 65 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sophie Wilson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chris Monk, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
