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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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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.”
• Barbara Liskov won the award in 2008 for contributions to the foundations of programming language.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to specify why Barbara Liskov 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

Barbara Liskov is a winner of the ACM’s prestigious A.M. Turing Award.

C

It was in 2008 that Barbara Liskov won the A.M. Turing Award.

D

Barbara Liskov won the A.M. Turing Award for contributions to the foundations of programming language.