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Radia Perlman

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13512515&amp;oldid=2496873659" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards · dated 2005
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q852555&amp;oldid=2464521287" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Spanning Tree Protocol
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49108&amp;oldid=2564983405" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49108&amp;oldid=2564983405" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Massachusetts Institute of Technology · to 1988
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q840924&amp;oldid=2298798042" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SIGCOMM Award · dated 2010
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q595868&amp;oldid=2563550668" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">computer literacy

Wikidata describes Radia Perlman as American software designer and network engineer (born 1951).

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