Chu Bong-Foo
| Chu Bong-Foo | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 朱邦復 | ||||||||
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Chu Bong-Foo | |
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| Born | 1937 (age 87–88) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Known for | Inventing Tsang-chieh (Cangjie) input method for computers |
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| Fields | Computer science |
Chu Bong-Foo (born 1937) is the inventor of the Tsang-chieh (Cangjie), a widely used Chinese input method. His input method, created in 1976 and given to the public domain in 1982, has sped up the computerization of Chinese society. Chu spent his childhood in Taiwan, and has worked in Brazil, the United States, Taiwan, Shenzhen and Macau.