David Lennox Mills (June 3, 1938 to January 17, 2024) was an American computer engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Delaware. An Internet pioneer who led the Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Task Force, he was known as the internet's Father Time for designing the Network Time Protocol, which synchronizes participating computers across different computer systems and networks to within a few milliseconds of Coordinated Universal Time.
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1. David L. Mills (Wikidata)
Wikidata alias: D.L. Mills
D.L. Mills
Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
Wikidata P166: IEEE Internet Award
Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Internet Award.
Wikidata alias: D. Mills
D. Mills
P569 (date of birth): year 1938
1938
P569 (date of birth): 1938-06-03
1938-06-03
P570 (date of death): year 2024
2024
P570 (date of death): 2024-01-17
2024-01-17
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