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Abramson, Norman (born 1932)

Author of the concept of (data) packet radio transmission and leader of the University of Hawai team that put it into execution in the ALOHANET, with his multiple access ALOHA protocol (1970). This technology was adapted to cable transmission, in 1973, by Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC (Xerox Palo Alto Research Center), to become known as Ethernet, the best known network connection and transmission technology.

Source: Michael Grant Compilation