Lick

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American computer scientist person

Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → computer scientist → person →
academicDegree	PhD in psychoacoustics →
awardReceived	ACM Turing Award (posthumous recognition as a pioneer, though not a formal laureate) →
dateOfBirth	1915-03-11 →
dateOfDeath	1990-06-26 →
educatedAt	University of Rochester → Washington University in St. Louis →
employer	Advanced Research Projects Agency → Bolt Beranek and Newman → Harvard University → IBM → Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
era	20th-century computing →
fieldOfWork	computer science → human–computer interaction → information technology → psychology →
gender	male →
hasConcept	intergalactic computer network →
hasFamilyName	Licklider →
hasGivenName	Joseph →
hasMiddleName	Carl → Robnett →
hasName	Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider →
hasNickname	Lick →
influenced	development of ARPANET → development of the internet → human–computer interaction research → time-sharing operating systems →
knownFor	early internet concepts → funding ARPANET research → interactive computing → man-computer symbiosis → time-sharing systems →
memberOf	Association for Computing Machinery → Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers →
nationality	United States →
notableWork	Man-Computer Symbiosis →
placeOfBirth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States →
placeOfDeath	Arlington, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	Director of Information Processing Techniques Office at ARPA → Vice President at Bolt Beranek and Newman →
publicationYearOf	1960 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider →	alsoKnownAs