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Jim Gettys

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American computer programmer

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Born: 1953-10-15

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Born: 15 October 1953

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jim
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: programmer
Educated at: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Languages spoken: English language
Field of work: computer programming
Image: Jim Gettys1.jpg

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