Jonathan Bruce Postel

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Jonathan Bruce Postel
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Statements (47)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Posthumous_IEEE_Internet_Award
gptkb:Posthumous_Jon_Postel_Service_Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1943-08-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Altadena,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart surgery complications
gptkbp:deathDate 1998-10-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Santa_Monica,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Vinton_Cerf
gptkb:Dave_Farber
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Information_Sciences_Institute
gptkb:University_of_Southern_California
gptkbp:familyName gptkb:Postel
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:network_protocol
Internet protocols
computer networking
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jonathan_Bruce_Postel
gptkbp:givenName Jonathan
gptkbp:hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Postel
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jonathan Bruce Postel
gptkbp:influenced Internet architecture
Internet governance
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:IETF
gptkb:RFC_Editor
gptkb:TCP/IP
gptkb:Domain_Name_System
gptkb:Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority
Internet pioneer
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Internet_Architecture_Board
gptkb:Internet_Engineering_Task_Force
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:God_of_the_Internet
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:RFC_1034_(Domain_Names_-_Concepts_and_Facilities)
gptkb:RFC_1035_(Domain_Names_-_Implementation_and_Specification)
gptkb:RFC_768_(User_Datagram_Protocol)
gptkb:RFC_791_(Internet_Protocol)
gptkb:RFC_793_(Transmission_Control_Protocol)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:computer_scientist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Santa_Monica,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:role director of IANA
editor of the Request for Comments (RFC) series
gptkbp:signature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jon_Postel_signature.svg
gptkbp:thesisTitle Protocol design for computer networks
gptkbp:thesisYear 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jon_Postel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4