John Shoch

John F. Shoch is an American computer scientist who made important contributions to early work in computer networking which were influential in the Internet.

Quotes

• The 'name' of a resource indicates what we seek, an 'address' indicates where it is, and a 'route' tells us how to get there.
  • IEN (Internet Experiment Note) document: IEN 19, A note on Inter-Network Naming, Addressing, and Routing (January, 1982)
  • This quotation is often erroneously attributed to Jon Postel.