Sally Jean Floyd was an American computer scientist known for her work on computer networking, particularly Internet congestion control. Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was named in 2007 one of the ten most cited researchers in computer science. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she retired in 2009 and died in August 2019. She is best known for her work on Internet congestion control, and was in 2007 one of the top-ten most cited researchers in computer science.
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May 20, 1950
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August 25, 2019
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Random early detection Explicit congestion notification Floyd Synchronization Selective acknowledgement
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It was invented in the early 1990s by Sally Floyd and Van Jacobson.
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It was invented in the early 1990s by Sally Floyd and Van Jacobson.
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