Sharla Boehm, the programmer whose code underpins the Internet

(scientificamerican.com)

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  • zimpenfish22 minutes ago
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  • CharlesW10 minutes ago
    TLDR: Sharla Boehm helped invent packet switching, a.k.a. &quot;hot potato routing&quot;, and wrote the first implementation which proved that it could work. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sharla_Boehm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sharla_Boehm</a>