Jim Ellis (computing)

James Tice Ellis (May 6, 1956 – June 28, 2001) was an American <a href="/facts/Computer_scientist/DavggjGL">computer scientist</a> best known as the co-creator of <a href="/facts/Usenet/lYJWFBR6">Usenet</a>, along with <a href="/facts/Tom_Truscott/SxwPGGny">Tom Truscott</a>.
Ellis was born in <a href="/facts/Nashville%2c_Tennessee/KvWAcNtd">Nashville, Tennessee</a> to Henry Ellis (an auditor and teacher) and Elsa Ellis. James Ellis grew up in <a href="/facts/Orlando%2c_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando, Florida</a>. Before developing Usenet, Ellis attended <a href="/facts/Duke_University/BFMHVjsB">Duke University</a>. After graduating, Ellis worked for the <a href="/facts/RTI_International/8XbjLFSB">Microelectronics Center of North Carolina</a> in Research Triangle Park, N.C. He later worked as an Internet security consultant for <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a>. He was also Manager of Technical Development at <a href="/facts/CERT_Coordination_Center/9JD4Y8uQ">CERT</a>. He came up with the word Usenet.
Ellis and Truscott were awarded the 1995 <a href="/facts/USENIX/2wz6aQwq">USENIX</a> Lifetime Achievement Award.

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