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Computers and the Internet, Deaths (Obituaries), Engineering and Engineers, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Thacker, Charles P.

Charles P. Thacker Dies at 74; Helped Design Early Personal Computer

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Computers and the Internet, Deaths (Obituaries), Desktop Computers, Digital Equipment Corp, Engelbart, Douglas C (1925-2013), Innovation, Inventions and Patents, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Silicon Valley (Calif), SRI International, Taylor, Robert W, Xerox Corporation

Robert Taylor, Innovator Who Shaped Modern Computing, Dies at 85

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Spread the loveTweetHis idea led to the Arpanet, the forerunner of the internet. A half-decade later, at Xerox’s storied Palo Alto Research Center in Northern California, Mr. Taylor was a…


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