Alan Emtage
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Alan Emtage is a computer scientist best known for creating Archie, the first widely used Internet search engine, which laid foundational groundwork for modern web search.
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| instanceOf |
Internet pioneer
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computer scientist → software engineer → |
| ArchieRole |
primary developer
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| ArchieType |
search engine for anonymous FTP sites
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| basedIn |
Montreal
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| birthPlace |
Barbados
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| birthYear |
1964
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| coCreatorOf |
Archie
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| companyTypeFounded |
Internet software company
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Barbados
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| degree |
Bachelor’s degree in computer science
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Master’s degree in computer science → |
| developedAt |
McGill University
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| education |
McGill University
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| era |
early Internet era
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| ethnicOrigin |
Barbadian
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| familyName |
Emtage
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| fieldOfWork |
Internet technologies
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computer science → information retrieval → |
| founded |
Bunyip Information Systems
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| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Alan
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| impact |
laid groundwork for commercial web search engines
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| influenced |
development of modern web search engines
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| knownFor |
creating Archie search engine
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developing the first widely used Internet search engine → pioneering web search technology → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| name |
Alan Emtage
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| nationality |
Barbadian
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| notableAchievement |
created one of the earliest search tools for the Internet
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| notableConcept |
Internet search
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indexing of FTP archives → |
| notablePeriodOfActivity |
early 1990s
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late 1980s → |
| notableWork |
Archie
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| occupation |
computer scientist
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software developer → technology entrepreneur → |
| recognizedAs |
creator of the first Internet search engine
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| residence |
Canada
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| workInstitution |
McGill University Computing Centre
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award
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hasNotableRecipient |
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Alan Emtage
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name |