Ward Christensen
✓ Source-basedrisingComputer pioneer, invented Xmodem and co-invented BBS
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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.
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Country
United StatesCategory
Developers
Type
Developer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1945 to 2024 · aged 78
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