Alan Kotok
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 18 years ago |
| Date of birth | November 9,1941 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Philadelphia |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 26,2006 |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Judith Kotok |
| Known for | World Wide Web Consortium |
| Digital Equipment Corporation | |
| Spacewar! | |
| Computer chess | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Clark University | |
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| ID | 1430430 |
Alan Kotok Life story
Alan Kotok was an American computer scientist known for his work at Digital Equipment Corporation and at the World Wide Web Consortium. Steven Levy, in his book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, describes Kotok and his classmates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the first true hackers.
