Name the American scientist, the inventor of computer password passed away at 93 in Massachusetts, U.S.

Name the American scientist, the inventor of computer password passed

1.	Name the American scientist, the inventor of computer password passed away at 93 in Massachusetts, U.S.
Answer» Prominent American computer scientist, credited with inventing the computer password, Fernando J. Corbato passed away at Newburyport in Massachusetts, U.S as a result of complications caused by diabetes. He was 93. He was a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and he credited for devising the concept of password-protected user accounts to secure access to files on a large computer system. In 1990, he received the A. M. Turing Award, widely considered the computing field's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. He is also a pioneer in the development of time-sharing operating systems known as MIT Compatible Time-Sharing System.