Pioneers

Sally Floyd

Computer Networking

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General Reference

Computing Atlas. "Sally Floyd." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/sally-floyd.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Sally Floyd. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/sally-floyd

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-sally-floyd,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Sally Floyd},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/sally-floyd},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Sally Jean Floyd was an American computer scientist known for her work on computer networking, particularly Internet congestion control. Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was named in 2007 one of the ten most cited researchers in computer science.

Facts

Birth Year

1950 1

Birth Date

1950-05-20 1

Death Year

2019 1

Death Date

2019-08-25 1

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1. Wikipedia: Sally Floyd

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Sally Jean Floyd was an American computer scientist known for her work on computer networking, particularly Internet congestion control. Formerly associated with the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, she was named in 2007 one of the ten most cited researchers in computer science.

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