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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
  • The A.M. Turing Award is a prestigious award given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
  • The ACM gives the award for “major contributions of lasting importance to computing.”
  • Frances E. Allen won the award in 2006 for seminal contributions to optimizing compiler techniques.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to specify why Frances E. Allen won the A.M. Turing Award?
A
Generally, the prestigious A.M. Turing Award is given for “major contributions of lasting importance to computing.”
B
It was in 2006 that Frances E. Allen won the A.M. Turing Award.
C
Frances E. Allen is a winner of the ACM’s prestigious A.M. Turing Award.
D
For seminal contributions to optimizing compiler techniques, Frances E. Allen won the A.M. Turing Award.