Bill Atkinson

William Dana Atkinson  (Maris 17, 1951 - Yuni 5, 2025) ya kasance Injiniyan kwamfuta na Amurka, mai tsarawa shirye-shiryen kwamfuta kuma mai daukar hoto. Atkinson ya yi aiki a Apple Computer daga 1978 zuwa 1990. Wasu daga cikin gudummawar Atkinson a fagen lissafi sun hada da Macintosh QuickDraw da Lisa LisaGraf (Atkinson da kansa ya gano algorithm na tsakiya don zana da'irori da sauri ta hanyar amfani da jimlar lambobi masu ban mamaki a jere),  tururuwa masu tafiya, mashaya, Zaɓin lasso, MacPaint (FatBits), HyperCard, Atkinson dithering, da shirin aikace-aikacen PhotoCard.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Atkinson a Ottumwa, Iowa, a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1951. Ya girma a Los Gatos, California, na uku cikin yara bakwai da aka haifa ga masanin ilimin anesthesiologist John Atkinson da likitan haihuwa Ethel Dana Atkinson. Yana da 'yan'uwa maza biyu da mata huɗu.[1] Ya sami digiri na farko daga Jami'ar California, San Diego, inda Jef Raskin, wanda zai ci gaba da bunkasa Apple Macintosh, yana ɗaya daga cikin farfesa.[2] Atkinson ya ci gaba da karatunsa a matsayin dalibi mai digiri a fannin kimiyyar kwakwalwa a Jami'ar Washington . [1]

 Apple 
Raskin ya gayyaci Atkinson ya ziyarce shi a Apple Computer; Steve Jobs ya shawo kansa ya shiga kamfanin nan da nan a matsayin ma'aikaci No. 51, kuma Atkinson bai gama PhD dinsa ba. Atkinson shine babban mai tsarawa da mai haɓaka ƙirar mai amfani (GUI) na Apple Lisa kuma, daga baya, ɗaya daga cikin mambobi talatin na farko na ƙungiyar ci gaban Apple Macintosh ta asali,  kuma shine mahaliccin aikace-aikacen MacPaint. Ya kuma tsara kuma ya aiwatar da QuickDraw, akwati na kayan aiki wanda Lisa da Macintosh suka yi amfani da shi don zane-zane. Ayyukan QuickDraw suna da mahimmanci ga nasarar Macintosh GUI. Ya kuma kasance daya daga cikin manyan masu zanen Lisa da Macintosh masu amfani. Atkinson ya kuma yi ciki, ya tsara kuma ya aiwatar da HyperCard, tsarin hypermedia na farko da tasiri. HyperCard ya sanya ikon shirye-shiryen kwamfuta da ƙirar bayanan a hannun wadanda ba masu shirye-shirye ba. A shekara ta 1994, Atkinson ya sami lambar yabo ta EFF Pioneer Award saboda gudummawar da ya bayar.

Atkinson ya yi aure sau uku kuma yana da 'ya'ya mata biyu, ɗa, da ɗa. Ya mutu daga ciwon daji a Portola Valley, California, a ranar 5 ga Yuni, 2025, yana da shekaru 74.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1951
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