Bram Cohen

American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol
Person human Q318489

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
October 12, 1975
Place of birth
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Notable work
BitTorrent[12]
Official website
bramcohen.com[17]
Birth date
1975-10-12
Citizenship
United States
Birth place
New York City
Family name
Cohen[15]
Given name
Bram[16]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Medical condition
Asperger syndrome[18]
Name in native language
Bram Cohen
Quora topic
Bram-Cohen-1
Social media followers
293, 291
Twitter
bramcohen
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Bram Cohen.jpg ↗
DBLP author ID
93/1787
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Bram-Cohen
Freebase ID
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JRC Names ID
290206
Mastodon address
bramcohen@mastodon.social (2018–present)
Notable Names Database ID
672/000113333
Quora topic ID
Bram-Cohen-1
Reddit topic ID
bram_cohen
Scopus author ID
57199330273
X (Twitter) username
bramcohen
ZbMATH author ID
cohen.bram

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Bram Cohen is an American computer scientist, programmer, blogger, businessperson, and mathematician born on October 12, 1975 in New York City. He is a citizen of the United States. His education includes Stuyvesant High School and the University at Buffalo.

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Education

Educated at University at Buffalo[10], a public research university[19], in United States[20], founded in 1846[21], headquartered in Amherst[22] and Stuyvesant High School[11], a specialized high school in New York City[23], in United States[24], founded in 1904[25], headquartered in New York City[26].

FAQs

Where was Bram Cohen born?

Bram Cohen was born in New York City[1].

What did Bram Cohen do for work?

Bram Cohen worked as computer scientist[3], programmer[4], blogger[5], businessperson[6], and mathematician[7].

Where did Bram Cohen go to school?

Bram Cohen was educated at University at Buffalo[10] and Stuyvesant High School[11].

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