# Chuck Forsberg

> Charles Alton "Chuck" Forsberg developed two data transmission protocols popular in the 1990s, for uploading and downloading files from dial-up bulletin board systems. He received a Dvorak Award for Excellence in Telecommunications in 1992 for developing ZMODEM. He was also the project engineer on the Tektronix 4010-series graphics terminals.

*American computer programmer (1944-2015)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chuck-forsberg

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1944-05-06
- **Died:** 2015-09-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Charles Alton "Chuck" Forsberg developed two data transmission protocols popular in the 1990s, for uploading and downloading files from dial-up bulletin board systems. He received a Dvorak Award for Excellence in Telecommunications in 1992 for developing ZMODEM. He was also the project engineer on the Tektronix 4010-series graphics terminals.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115480)
- [Chuck Forsberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Forsberg)
- [Chuck Forsberg](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Forsberg)
- [تشاك فورسبرغ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%BA)
- [Chuck Forsberg](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Forsberg)
- [Chuck Forsberg](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Forsberg)

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