Peter Samson
Programmer, Video Game Designer
1941 –
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Who is Peter Samson?
Peter R. Samson is an American computer scientist, best known for creating pioneering computer software.
Samson studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology between 1958-1963. He wrote, with characteristic wit, the first editions of the Tech Model Railroad Club dictionary, a predecessor to the Jargon File. He appears in Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy.
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- Born
- 1941
Fitchburg - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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