Werner Buchholz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Werner Buchholz

American computer scientist

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Jul-2019

Profession: computer scientist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Werner Buchholz (24 October 1922 – 11 July 2019) was a German-American computer scientist.
After growing up in Europe, Buchholz moved to Canada and then to America.
He worked for International Business Machines (IBM) in New York.
In June 1956, he coined the term "byte" for a unit of digital information.
In 1990, he was recognized as a computer pioneer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.