Elizabeth J. Feinler
Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler | |
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Jake Feinler, c. 2011 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Jocelyn Feinler March 2, 1931 Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | West Liberty State College Purdue University |
| Known for | Running the original ARPANET NIC at SRI |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | SRI, NASA Ames, Computer History Museum |
Elizabeth Jocelyn "Jake" Feinler (born March 2, 1931) is an American information scientist. From 1972 until 1989 she was director of the Network Information Systems Center at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International). Her group operated the Network Information Center (NIC) for the ARPANET as it evolved into the Defense Data Network (DDN) and the Internet.