Internet pioneer Paul Baran dies


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LOS ANGELES: Paul Baran, whose work with packaging data in the 1960s has been credited with playing a role in the later development of the Internet, has died at age 84.

He died at his home in Palo Alto, California, Saturday night of complications from lung cancer, his son David Baran said.

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