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Radia Joy Perlman (/ ˈ r eɪ d i ə /; [1] born December 18, 1951) is an American computer programmer and network engineer. She is a major figure in assembling the networks and technology to enable what we now know as the internet.
She is also credited for directing the world's first business to consumer Web site, which she did for Ty Inc., manufacturer of Beanie Babies. [1] She is referred to as the woman who gave birth to the Internet and invented E-commerce. [2] In effect, Beanie Babies evolved to become the world's first Internet sensation [3] and Ty Warner became a ...
This category contains biographical articles about women who made significant pioneering accomplishments involving the internet, either as accomplished computer scientists, or by contributing in some other substantial and lasting way to the internet. This is not limited to the early days of internet history, and may cover pioneering ...
The invention of the internet is considered to be Jan. 1, 1983, but the vision started decades before. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Astronaut Sally K. Ride became the first American woman to visit space in June 1983. Calandrelli said she was crying on the flight home from the mission because of the online reaction and texting ...
Woman's World (also known as A Woman's World) is a 1954 American CinemaScope and print by Technicolor drama film about corporate America directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl and Cornel Wilde. The screenplay concerns three men who compete for the top job at a ...
OtherLife is a 2017 Australian science fiction thriller film directed by Ben C. Lucas. It stars Jessica De Gouw as the co-founder of OtherLife, a company that developed a form of biological virtual reality.
Donald Davies (1924–2000) independently invented and named the concept of packet switching for data communications in 1965 at the United Kingdom's National Physical Laboratory (NPL). [16] [9] In the same year, he proposed a national commercial data network in the UK employing high-speed switching nodes.