Paul Baran was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer
Paul Baran (1926-2011) was a Polish-born American engineer and pioneer in the field of computer networking. He is credited with the development of packet switching, a fundamental concept behind modern computer networks. Baran's work laid the foundation for the creation of the Internet as we know it today.
One of two independent inventors of the concept of digital packet switching used in modern computer networking including the Internet. Published a series of briefings and papers about dividing information into "message blocks" and sending them over distributed networks (1960–1964).
Paul Baran was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of modern digital communication.
On Distributed communications: I.introduction to distributed communications networks
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RAND Corporation
1959–1970
Drexel University
licentiate
1949
University of California, Los Angeles
master's degree
1959
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