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Also Known As Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider
Born March 11, 1915 • Saint Louis • Missouri • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died June 26, 1990 (aged 75) • Arlington • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study computer network • interface
Vinton Gray Cerf
Vinton Cerf
American computer scientist
Computer interface pioneer Douglas EngelbartEngelbart holding a video conference on the right side of the computer screen while working on a document with a remote collaborator during a 1968 computer conference in San Francisco, California.
Douglas Engelbart
American inventor
Leonard Kleinrock
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Lawrence Roberts
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Ray Tomlinson
American computer engineer
Robert Kahn
American computer scientist
Paul Baran
American electrical engineer
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
John von Neumann
John von Neumann
American mathematician
Vannevar Bush with Differential Analyzer
Vannevar Bush
American engineer
Bill Gates
Bill Gates
American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist
John Carmack
John Carmack
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Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
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Steve Wozniak in 2014
Steve Wozniak
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Bill Joy
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Danny Hillis
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Ellison, Larry
Larry Ellison
American business executive
Paul Allen
Paul Allen
American investor and philanthropist
Ray Kurzweil
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