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Louis Pouzin

Also Known As Louis Henri Pouzin
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Louis Pouzin (born 20 April 1931) is a French computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He directed the development of the CYCLADES computer network in France in the early 1970s, which implemented a novel design for packet communication, and he was the first to implement the end-to-end principle in a wide-area network, a principle that became fundamental to the design of the Internet. His work, and that of his colleagues Hubert Zimmermann and Gerard Le Lann, was acknowledged by Vinton Cerf as a substantial contribution to the design of TCP/IP, the protocol suite used by the Internet.

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Birth Year
1931 1
Birth Date
1931-04-20 1
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1. Louis Pouzin (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Louis Henri Pouzin
    Louis Henri Pouzin
  • Wikidata P166: Officer of the Legion of Honour
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Officer of the Legion of Honour.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Internet Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Internet Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
  • Wikidata P166: Internet Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: SIGCOMM Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): SIGCOMM Award.
  • P569 (date of birth): year 1931
    1931
  • P569 (date of birth): 1931-04-20
    1931-04-20
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