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Alan Kotok

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American computer scientist (1941-2006)

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Alan Kotok was an American computer scientist known for his work at Digital Equipment Corporation and at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

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From A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer known as Kotok-McCarthyFrom A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer known as Kotok-McCarthyA control box for Spacewar! and T-SquareA control box for Spacewar! and T-SquareGordon Bell and Kotok at a PDP-6 in 1964Gordon Bell and Kotok at a PDP-6 in 1964Tim Berners-Lee announcing the World Wide Web Foundation (W3F) in 2008. He mentions the 1994 meeting with Digital at CERN in his speech.[31]Tim Berners-Lee announcing the World Wide Web Foundation (W3F) in 2008. He mentions the 1994 meeting with Digital at CERN in his speech.[31]Kotok speaking in Boston in 2004Kotok speaking in Boston in 2004

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Alan Kotok was an American computer scientist known for his work at Digital Equipment Corporation and at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Steven Levy, in his book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, describes Kotok and his classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the first true hackers.

Country
United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
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Lived 1941 to 2006 · aged 64
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