William Yeager

William James Yeager
Born (1940-06-16) June 16, 1940
San Francisco
EducationBachelor's degree in mathematics
Master's degree in mathematics
Doctoral course
Alma materUniversity 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 forIMAP protocol
Inventor of packet switched devices and router
Network OS programmer
Notable workPatents

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.