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Radia Perlman

1951 - Today

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Radia Joy Perlman (; born December 18, 1951) is an American computer programmer and network engineer. She is a major figure in assembling the networks and technology to enable what we now know as the Internet. She is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation, thus earning her nickname "Mother of the Internet". Her innovations have made a huge impact on how networks self-organize and move data. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Radia Perlman is the 89th most popular computer scientist (down from 80th in 2019), the 4,920th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,684th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Radia Perlman ranks 89 out of 245. Before her are Nolan Bushnell, Dana Scott, Jay Wright Forrester, Joseph Sifakis, Martin Hellman, and Ninoslav Marina. After her are John Henry Holland, Evan Williams, Edward Feigenbaum, Kristen Nygaard, Gary Kildall, and Stephen Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Radia Perlman ranks 234. Before her are David Kabua, Matti Pellonpää, Klaus Toppmöller, Carl Lumbly, Mohammad Reza Aref, and Arnold Mühren. After her are David Kipiani, Musa Manarov, Natsuo Kirino, Rino Fisichella, Ham Lin̄i, and Steve Jackson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Radia Perlman ranks 4,920 out of 20,380. Before her are James Ingram (1952), Betsy Palmer (1926), Danneel Ackles (1979), Budge Patty (1924), Pete Ricketts (1964), and Scott Travis (1961). After her are John L. Sullivan (1858), Lillian Hellman (1905), Buck Adams (1955), Jason Derulo (1989), Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876), and Norma Talmadge (1894).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Radia Perlman ranks 53. Before her are Edwin Catmull (1945), Larry Tesler (1945), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Dana Scott (1932), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), and Martin Hellman (1945). After her are John Henry Holland (1929), Evan Williams (1972), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Gary Kildall (1942), Stephen Cook (1939), and Betty Holberton (1917).

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