Umsunguli wephasiwedi nguFernando J Corbató. Njengamanye amaphayona amaningi wekhompyutha, sifunda ukuthi bangobani lapho kukhishwa izindaba zokufa kwabo, kufaka phakathi umlando wakhe ku-Wikipedia kufushane impela. Lokhu kushona kwenzeke ngomhlaka-12 kule nyanga ngenxa yezinkinga ezazibangelwa yisifo sikashukela.
UCorbató wakhulisa umqondo wokusebenzisa amaphasiwedi ngenkathi usebenza ngezindlela zokwabelana ngesikhathi lokho kuzovumela abantu abaningi ukuthi basebenzise ikhompyutha eyodwa ngokuphepha ngasikhathi sinye.
Usosayensi ovelele waqala izifundo zakhe e-University of California, Los Angeles, kodwa ngemuva konyaka kwadingeka ukuthi aphazamise izifundo zakhe ngenxa yeMpi Yezwe II. Eminyakeni emithathu eyalandela, wasebenza elungisa amaphutha wezinhlelo zamakhompiyutha e-United States Navy.
Ngemuva kwempi, uCorbató wabhalisela izifundo zeFiziksi eMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), lapho waphumelela ngo-1950 futhi wathola iziqu zakhe zobudokotela ngo-1956. Ngokushesha nje ngemuva kokuphothula iziqu, wajoyina iMIT Computer Centre, lapho ayezoba nguprofesa khona ngo-1965. Kuleso sikhungo, wafaka imisebenzi yakhe yokufundisa ngocwaningo waze wathatha umhlalaphansi.
UCorbató wasala njengoprofesa eMIT waze wathatha umhlalaphansi, lapho asebenza khona euphenyo olubalulekile lwe-IT okuzohlonishwa ngokusemthethweni ngalo.
Ngaphezu komsebenzi oshiwo ngenhla ekukhiqizeni izinhlelo zesikhathi, i-Corbató uthathwa njengobhekele ukuthuthukiswa kohlelo lokusebenza lweMultics. AbakwaMultics baphayone imiqondo eminingi esetshenziswayo namuhla ezinhlelweni zokusebenza zesimanje futhi kwaholela ekwakhiweni kohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Unix, olusasetshenziswa kabanzi. I-Unix futhi ingumthombo wokhuthazo lweLinux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, neChannel OS.
Ngo-1990, uCorbató wathola i-Turing Award ngomsebenzi wakhe ekuthuthukiseni izinhloso zamakhompiyutha, izinjongo ezinkulu, ukwabelana ngesikhathi kanye nokwabelana ngezinsiza. Phakathi kwemiphumela yalolo cwaningo oluphawulekayo ekuqaleni kwawo-1960 kwavela umqondo wokusebenzisa amaphasiwedi.
Kodwa-ke, wayengekho othandweni ngokusungulwa kwakhe. Ngo-2014 uCorbató ukugqamisile lokho amaphasiwedi ayephenduke uhlobo "lwephupho elibi". Ngaleso sikhathi wathi endaweni yanamuhla indlela yokuphepha eyisisekelo ibingalawuleki kakhulu.