John Bentley Stringer

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Nationality British Fields Computer Science		Name John Stringer Known for Microcode
Born 17 February 1928 ( 1928-02-17 ) Institutions University of Cambridge Mathematical LaboratoryNational Physical LaboratoryGovernment Communications Headquarters Died May 4, 1980, Cheltenham, United Kingdom Institution Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge

John Bentley Stringer (17 February 1928 – 4 May 1979) was a British computer pioneer. At Cambridge Maths Lab he worked with Maurice Wilkes creating the concept of microcode. He then became a civil servant firstly at the National Physical Laboratory then at the Government Communications Headquarters.

Publications

Wilkes, M.V.; Stringer, J. B. (April 1953). "Microprogramming and the Design of the Control Circuits in an Electronic Digital Computer". Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 49 (pt. 2): 230–238. doi:10.1017/S0305004100028322.

P.K. Blake; D.O. Clayden; D.W. Davies; L.J. Page; J.B. Stringer (May 1957). Some features of the ACE computer (Report). National Physical Laboratory. p. 40.

J. B. Stringer (1961). "The Place of Character Recognition, Data Transmission and Document Handling in A.D.P. Systems" (PDF). The Computer Journal. 4 (2): 161–167. doi:10.1093/comjnl/4.2.161.

R. O. Bennett; J. B. Stringer (1961). "Acceptance Trials of Computer Systems for Government Use" (PDF). The Computer Journal. 4 (3): 185–196. doi:10.1093/comjnl/4.3.185.

J. B. Stringer (1964). "Book Review: Redundancy Techniques for Computing Systems, by Richard H. Wilcox and William C. Mann" (PDF). The Computer Journal. 6 (4): 303–304. doi:10.1093/comjnl/6.4.303.

References

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