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Edgar F. Codd

English computer scientist (1923-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 79

Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd was a British computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational databases and relational database management systems. He won the 1981 ACM Turing Award.

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