dirk dierickx#TodayinHistory 1946 – Robert Metcalfe, American engineer, is born.
He contributed to the development of the #internet in the 1970s. He co-invented #Ethernet co-founded 3Com, and formulated Metcalfe's law, which describes the effect of a #telecommunications network.
He has received various awards, the IEEE Medal of Honor and National Medal of Technology and Innovation. In 2023, he received the Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science.
