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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.”
• Niklaus Wirth won the award in 1984 for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to specify why Niklaus Wirth won the A.M. Turing Award?

A

Niklaus Wirth is a winner of the ACM’s prestigious A.M. Turing Award.

B

It was in 1984 that Niklaus Wirth won the A.M. Turing Award.

C

Niklaus Wirth won the A.M. Turing Award for developing a sequence of innovative computer languages.

D

Generally, the prestigious A.M. Turing Award is given for “major contributions of lasting importance to computing.”