Bruce Perens

American computer scientist
Person human Q92653
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Bruce Perens is a United States programmer and computer scientist born in 1950[1]. He works in the field as a programmer.

Bruce Perens

Summary

Bruce Perens is a human[1]. He was born on +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z[2]. He worked as a programmer[3] and computer scientist[4]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month, #7,251 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Bruce Perens was born on +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Bruce Perens was born on +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Bruce Perens held citizenship in United States[7].
  • Bruce Perens worked as a programmer[3].
  • Bruce Perens worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Bruce Perens's field of work was programmer[8].
  • Bruce Perens held the position of Debian project leader[9].
  • Among Bruce Perens's employers was Pixar[10].
  • Bruce Perens's video is recorded as 051118-WSIS.2005-Bruce.Perens.ogv[11].
  • Bruce Perens's image is recorded as Bruce perens 13jan09 tacd MAR 1557x1188.JPG[12].
  • Bruce Perens is recorded as male[13].
  • Bruce Perens's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Bruce Perens's ISNI is recorded as 0000000077154121[15].
  • Bruce Perens's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 107414534[16].
  • Bruce Perens's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2010023223[17].
  • Bruce Perens's IdRef ID is recorded as 076587398[18].
  • Bruce Perens's IMDb ID is recorded as nm0673302[19].
  • Bruce Perens's Commons category is recorded as Bruce Perens[20].
  • Bruce Perens's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018p1[21].
  • Bruce Perens's given name is recorded as Bruce[22].
  • Bruce Perens's official website is recorded as http://perens.com/[23].
  • Bruce Perens's medical condition is recorded as cerebral palsy[24].
  • Bruce Perens's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[25].
  • Bruce Perens's X is recorded as BrucePerens[26].
  • Bruce Perens's AllMovie person ID is recorded as p306119[27].

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Origins and Family

Recorded date of birth include +1950-00-00T00:00:00Z[2] and +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include programmer[3] and computer scientist[4]. Bruce Perens's field of work was programmer[8]. He was employed by Pixar[10]. He held the position of Debian project leader[9].

Why It Matters

Bruce Perens ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (72 views/month, #7,251 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] He is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Works attributed to him include The Open Source Definition[30], a document[31], written by him[32] and Debian Free Software Guidelines[33], a document[34], written by him[35].

FAQs

What did Bruce Perens do for work?

Bruce Perens worked as programmer[3] and computer scientist[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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