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Elizabeth Feinler: ARPANET NIC and Internet naming pioneer

The professional history of Elizabeth Feinler, her leadership of the ARPANET Network Information Center and contributions to directories and host naming.

Elizabeth Feinler: ARPANET NIC and Internet naming pioneer

Elizabeth Feinler led the Network Information Center serving early ARPANET and Defense Data Network users. Her team maintained host naming records and developed early online directories and query services, helping the internet scale through reliable information management. This biography also reviews her later work and archival contributions. The full original sourced profile is available in Persian.

This is an English overview. The complete original article is currently published in Persian.

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Sources & further reading

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زندگی‌نامه رسمی Internet Hall of Famehttps://www.internethalloffame.org/inductee/elizabeth-feinler/
02
Internet Hall of Fame — official biographyhttps://www.internethalloffame.org/official-biography-elizabeth-feinler/
03
SRI — Domain names and the Network Information Centerhttps://www.sri.com/hoi/domain-names-the-network-information-center/
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