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Noel Chiappa
Noel Chiappa

J. Noel Chiappa (b. 1950) is a is an American engineer. As a staff researcher and Internet technology pioneer who at MIT who implemented the first multiprotocol Internet router for an MIT- Stanford link in 1981. The router at the Stanford end was implemented independently by William Yeager.[1][2][3] Chiappa is listed on the "Birth of the Internet" plaque at the entrance to the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Valley of the Nerds: Who Really Invented the Multiprotocol Router, and Why Should We Care?, Public Broadcasting Service, Accessed August 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Router Man, NetworkWorld, Accessed June 22, 2007.
  3. ^ David D. Clark, "M.I.T. Campus Network Implementation", CCNG-2, Campus Computer Network Group, M.I.T., Cambridge, 1982; pp. 26.
  4. ^ Plaque image