David Walden | |
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| Born | June 7, 1942 Longview, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | April 27, 2022 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
| Known for | Packet switching technologies for ARPANET |
| Spouse |
Sara Elizabeth Cowles
(m. 1966) |
David Corydon Walden (June 7, 1942 – April 27, 2022) was an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer who contributed to the engineering development of the ARPANET, a precursor of the modern Internet. He specifically contributed to the Interface Message Processor, which was the packet switching node for the ARPANET. Walden was a contributor to IEEE Computer Society's Annals of the History of Computing and was a member of the TeX Users Group.