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[[FILE:EdEnglish.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/| Ed English <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Ed English''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, programmer and entrepreneur in the area of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app mobile application],
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_security internet security], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce e-commerce],
and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game video games].
He holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Computer_Science Bachelor of Computer Science] in 1979 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College Boston College].
In 1979/80 he was affiliated with [[Fidelity Electronics]], where he developed software for microcomputer chess games.
According to his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn LinkedIn] site, he improved the [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] implementation, apparently of the [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 7]] by primary author [[Ron Nelson]],
to double its playing speed <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]</ref>.
Ed English further worked as game developer for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers Parker Brothers], where he programmed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogger Frogger] game for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 2600]].
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]
=References=
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[[FILE:EdEnglish.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/| Ed English <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Ed English''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, programmer and entrepreneur in the area of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app mobile application],
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_security internet security], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce e-commerce],
and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game video games].
He holds a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Computer_Science Bachelor of Computer Science] in 1979 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College Boston College].
In 1979/80 he was affiliated with [[Fidelity Electronics]], where he developed software for microcomputer chess games.
According to his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn LinkedIn] site, he improved the [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]] implementation, apparently of the [[Chess Challenger|Chess Challenger 7]] by primary author [[Ron Nelson]],
to double its playing speed <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]</ref>.
Ed English further worked as game developer for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers Parker Brothers], where he programmed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogger Frogger] game for the [[Atari 8-bit|Atari 2600]].
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-english-3074137/ Ed English | LinkedIn]
=References=
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