Peter Norton
Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943 in Aberdeen , Washington ) is an American software developer and entrepreneur. Peter Norton became known for the development of utility programs for the command line-oriented operating system DOS in the 1980s:
- Norton Commander , a file and disk management utility
- Norton Utilities , a collection of various analysis and maintenance programs for the PC
- Norton Desktop , a graphical user interface
In 1985 Norton wrote the standard work Advanced MS-DOS Programming at Microsoft Press , which, along with Andrew Schulman's book Undocumented DOS, is one of the classics in this field. Also very popular was Peter Norton's assembly book , which was published as a German translation in 1988.
Norton's company, Peter Norton Computing , was acquired by Symantec in 1990 . From the proceeds generated from this, he and his wife Eileen Harris-Norton founded the Norton Family Foundation .
The asteroid (4115) Peternorton , discovered in 1982, was named after him.
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- Peter Norton in nndb (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Norton, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American software developer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen , Washington |