# Ward Christensen

> Ward Leon Christensen was an American computer scientist who was the inventor of the XMODEM file transfer protocol and a co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.

*Computer pioneer, invented Xmodem and co-invented BBS*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ward-christensen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1945-10-23
- **Died:** 2024-10-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #248

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/wardxmodem (@wardxmodem)

## Sources
- [Ward Christensen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Christensen)
- [وارد كريستنسن](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86)
- [Ward Christensen](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Christensen)
- [沃德·克莉史汀森](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%83%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E5%85%8B%E8%8E%89%E5%8F%B2%E6%B1%80%E6%A3%AE)
- [Ward Christensen](https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Christensen)
- [Ward Christensen](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Christensen)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7968985)

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