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.

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instanceOf computer programmer
entrepreneur
human
software engineer
almaMater Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED
awardReceived Computer Museum Hall of Fame induction NERFINISHED
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
networking
personal computing
gender male
givenName Bob NERFINISHED
hasBlog Frankston.com blog NERFINISHED
hasBusinessPartner Dan Bricklin NERFINISHED
hasRole internet policy commentator
technology advocate
hasWebsite https://frankston.com
influenced business computing
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
entrepreneur
software engineer
programmingLanguageUsed Assembly language NERFINISHED
BASIC NERFINISHED
C NERFINISHED
residence United States of America
speaksAt technology conferences
spouse Mary Frankston NERFINISHED
workedOn VisiCalc NERFINISHED
writesAbout internet economics
network architecture
telecommunications policy

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VisiCalc developer Bob Frankston
VisiCalc creator Bob Frankston