Theodor

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academic computer scientist human information technology pioneer writer

Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.

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Theodor canonical 3
Nelson 1
Ralph Nelson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
human ⓘ
information technology pioneer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
advocated fine-grained, bidirectional hypertext links ⓘ
permanent, addressable documents on networks ⓘ
awardReceived Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ
Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award ⓘ
coinedTerm hypermedia ⓘ
hypertext ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-06-17 ⓘ
describedIn Computer Lib / Dream Machines ⓘ
developed Project Xanadu ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Swarthmore College ⓘ
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
familyName Nelson ⓘ
fieldOfWork digital media ⓘ
human–computer interaction ⓘ
hypertext ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
givenName Theodor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasWebsite http://ted.hyperland.com/ ⓘ
http://xanadu.com/ ⓘ
influenced World Wide Web concepts ⓘ
influencedBy Vannevar Bush ⓘ
cinema theory ⓘ
knownFor Project Xanadu ⓘ
coining the term "hypermedia" ⓘ
coining the term "hypertext" ⓘ
concept of non-sequential writing ⓘ
vision of global hyperlinked document systems ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nickname Ted Nelson ⓘ
notableWork Computer Lib / Dream Machines ⓘ
Geeks Bearing Gifts ⓘ
Literary Machines ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
philosopher of information ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
proposedConcept docuverse ⓘ
transclusion ⓘ
two-way links in hypertext systems ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Ted Nelson → givenName → Theodor ⓘ
Ted Nelson → familyName → Theodor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nelson
Ted Nelson → parent → Theodor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ralph Nelson
Theodor → givenName → Theodor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Theodor Nelson
Teodoor → isCognateOf → Theodor ⓘ