Arnold Dumey

Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Arnold Dumey

Name: Arnold I. Dumey

Born: 1906

Death: 1995 (Age: 89)

Computer-related contributions

  • Co-inventor of the postal sorting machine and cryptanalyst during World War II.
  • Considered the inventor of data hashing after authoring the first paper about it in 1956.
  • The term Dumey microsecond refers to Dumey's work in governmental intelligence, and his stated philosophy about important projects. According to Dumey, all projects have a single microsecond where you can act to positively impact its flow and design. Before that microsecond, it is too early, and after that microsecond, it is too late.

Significant publications

  • Indexing for Rapid Random-access Memory (1956).