Editing Knuth reward check (section)

{{Short description|Awards issued by computer scientist Donald Knuth}}
[[Image:knuth-check2.png|thumb|right|One of Donald Knuth's personally-designed reward checks, with the recipient's name and design details censored to deter forgeries]]
'''Knuth reward checks''' are [[cheque|check]]s or check-like certificates awarded by computer scientist [[Donald Knuth]] for finding technical, typographical, or historical errors, or making substantial suggestions for his publications. The ''[[MIT Technology Review]]'' describes the checks as "among computerdom's most prized trophies".<ref>Ditlea, S., "[https://www.technologyreview.com/s/400456/rewriting-the-bible-in-0s-and-1s/ Rewriting the Bible in 0's and 1's] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109034030/https://www.technologyreview.com/s/400456/rewriting-the-bible-in-0s-and-1s/ |date=2018-11-09 }}", ''[[MIT Technology Review]]''.</ref>