Bob Frankston
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Bob Frankston is an American software engineer best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bob Frankston canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
computer programmer
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| almaMater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Computer Museum Hall of Fame induction
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IEEE Internet Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreated | VisiCalc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Software Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Dan Bricklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developedForPlatform | Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| familyName | Frankston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer software
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networking ⓘ personal computing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBlog | Frankston.com blog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessPartner | Dan Bricklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
internet policy commentator
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technology advocate ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://frankston.com ⓘ |
| influenced |
business computing
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personal computer software industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-creating VisiCalc ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | IEEE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Bob Frankston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped create the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers ⓘ |
| notableConcept | ambient connectivity ⓘ |
| notableWork | VisiCalc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
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entrepreneur ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageUsed |
Assembly language
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BASIC NERFINISHED ⓘ C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| speaksAt | technology conferences ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Frankston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | VisiCalc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
internet economics
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network architecture ⓘ telecommunications policy ⓘ |
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