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Christensen, Ward and Seuss, Randy Team

Christensen, Ward and Seuss, Randy Team definition - hacker
Two individuals credited with inventing the initial virtual bulletin board system, or BBS. In 1977-1978 in Chicago, Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss started a dial-in BBS called RCPM (Remote CP/M, an operating system).

Ward Christensen also developed the Xmodem File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which was another milestone in the history of the Internet because it was the first file transfer method for PCs that was generally obtainable.

See Also: Bulletin Board System (BBS); FTP (File Transfer Protocol); Xmodem.

Hardy, H. The History of the Net. [Online, May 14, 2001.] HardyÂ’s Carleton University Website. http://www.carleton.ca/~mflynnbu/internet_surveys/hardy.htm.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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