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Mark P. McCahill

Also Known As Mark McCahill · Mark Perry McCahill
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Mark Perry McCahill (born February 7, 1956) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer who has developed and popularized a number of Internet technologies since the late 1980s, including the Gopher protocol, Uniform Resource Locators, and POPmail.

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1956 1
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1956-02-07 1
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Source Wikidata: Gopher
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1. Wikidata: Mark P. McCahill
  • Wikidata Q92934, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q92934 P569 (date of birth)
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Wikidata: Gopher
Invented By: Gopher (protocol), Wikidata Q322654 P178 (developer) claim -> Q92934 (Mark P. McCahill); computing atlas pioneer entity 301245, checked 2026-09-28View the Source
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