William Yeager
William James Yeager | |
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| Born | June 16, 1940 San Francisco |
| Education | Bachelor's degree in mathematics Master's degree in mathematics Doctoral course |
| Alma mater | University of Washington San Jose State University University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | American engineer software programmer |
| Employer(s) | Stanford University NASA Ames Research Center Sun Microsystems. |
| Known for | IMAP protocol Inventor of packet switched devices and router Network OS programmer |
| Notable work | Patents |
William "Bill" Yeager (born June 16, 1940, San Francisco) is an American engineer. He is an inventor of a packet-switched, "Ships in the Night", multiple-protocol router in 1981.