Tom Truscott
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Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known as a co-creator of Usenet, one of the earliest and most influential distributed discussion systems on the internet.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Usenet community
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early Internet users ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bell Labs
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Duke University NERFINISHED ⓘ Unix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreatedWith | Jim Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf | Usenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Jim Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedAt | Duke University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Bell Labs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Truscott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer networking
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computer science ⓘ distributed systems ⓘ |
| givenName | Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to the evolution of Internet forums
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contributed to the evolution of network news (Netnews) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Internet culture
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early online communities ⓘ online discussion systems ⓘ |
| knownFor | Usenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Tom Truscott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped design one of the earliest distributed discussion systems ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering wide-area discussion over dial-up links ⓘ |
| notableWork | Usenet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | computer scientist ⓘ |
| programmingLanguageUsed | C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
Usenet architect
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Usenet designer ⓘ |
| systemDesigned |
distributed discussion system
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store-and-forward networked news system ⓘ |
| usedProtocol | UUCP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedOn | Unix-related systems ⓘ |
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