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J. C. R. Licklider Dead

J. C. R. Licklider
KindPerson
Born1915
Died1990
StatusDead
Fieldnetworking
Also known asRobert Licklider
Sourcegroups.csail.mit.edu ↗

Ran ARPA's IPTO and wrote the Intergalactic Computer Network memos (1963) — the vision that funded the ARPANET.

Created Man-Computer Symbiosis

Ran ARPA's IPTO in the 60s and set the agenda — 'Man-Computer Symbiosis' (1960) imagined interactive computing and the 'Intergalactic Computer Network' that became ARPANET.\n\nThe researcher who funded the researchers who built it; every interactive system is his vision's descendant.

Sources

  1. groups.csail.mit.edu/medg/people/psz/Licklider.html
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider