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  1. Donald Watts Davies, CBE FRS (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In 1965 he conceived of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide.

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  3. May 3, 2024 · Donald Davies, British computer scientist and inventor of packet switching, along with American electrical engineer Paul Baran. Davies helped to lay the groundwork for the Internet when he devised packet switching, in which data streams are broken into discrete, easily conveyed blocks—or packets, as Davies called them.

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  4. Mar 30, 2024 · Learn about the life and achievements of Donald Davies, one of the unsung visionaries who shaped our digital world. He invented packet switching, the fundamental technology underlying the internet, and contributed to computer security and networking standards.

  5. Sep 10, 2012 · The fundamental technology underpinning the internet is called packet-switching. And Donald Davies was the first one to call it that. In the mid-1960s, Davies was a researcher with Britain's ...

  6. Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer, Posthumous Recipient. Donald Davies was one of the inventors of packet switching computer networking. He coined the term 'packet' and today’s Internet can be traced back directly to this origin. Other scientists also came to the same conclusion at about the same time.

  7. May 28, 2000 · Digital Packet Switching. U.S. Patent No. 4,799,258. Inducted in 2007. Born June 7, 1924 - Died May 28, 2000. Donald Davies' crucial breakthrough of packet switching, which enables the efficient exchange of information between computers, makes modern computer communications both functional and robust.

  8. May 28, 2000 · Donald Watts Davies, CBE FRS (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Quick Facts CBE FRS, Born ... Close.

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