Doug Cutting

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Doug Cutting

Summary

Doug Cutting is a human[1]. He worked as a computer scientist[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #7,271 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Doug Cutting held citizenship in United States[4].
  • Doug Cutting's professions included computer scientist[2].
  • Doug Cutting was employed by Apple Inc.[5].
  • Doug Cutting's education included a stint at Stanford University[6].
  • A notable work attributed to Doug Cutting is Apache Lucene[7].
  • A notable work attributed to Doug Cutting is Nutch[8].
  • A notable work attributed to Doug Cutting is Apache Hadoop[9].
  • Doug Cutting received the O'Reilly Open Source Award[10].
  • Doug Cutting received the Tony Kent Strix award[11].
  • Doug Cutting's image is recorded as Doug-Cutting.JPG[12].
  • Doug Cutting is recorded as male[13].
  • Doug Cutting's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Doug Cutting's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 219477935[15].
  • Doug Cutting's IdRef ID is recorded as 109325346[16].
  • Doug Cutting earned the academic degree of bachelor's degree[17].
  • Doug Cutting's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027rth_[18].
  • Doug Cutting's given name is recorded as Doug[19].
  • Doug Cutting's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81100370761[20].
  • Doug Cutting's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2011161470[21].
  • Doug Cutting's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[22].
  • Doug Cutting's X is recorded as cutting[23].
  • Doug Cutting's DBLP author ID is recorded as 74/3782[24].
  • Doug Cutting's Quora topic ID is recorded as Doug-Cutting[25].
  • Doug Cutting's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+28666'}[26].
  • Doug Cutting's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+28402'}[27].

Body

Education

Doug Cutting was educated at Stanford University[6]. He earned the academic degree of bachelor's degree[17].

Career and Affiliations

Doug Cutting's professions included computer scientist[2]. He was employed by Apple Inc.[5].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Apache Lucene[7], a Java software library[28], founded in 2000[29], written by Doug Cutting[30]; Nutch[8], a Java software library[31], founded in 2011[32]; and Apache Hadoop[9], a software framework[33], founded in 2006[34].

Recognition

Awards received include O'Reilly Open Source Award[10], an award[35], founded in 2005[36] and Tony Kent Strix award[11], an award[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1998[39].

Why It Matters

Doug Cutting ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #7,271 of 1,000,298).[3] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Works attributed to him include Apache Lucene[41], a Java software library[42], founded in 2000[43], written by him[44].

FAQs

What did Doug Cutting do for work?

Doug Cutting worked as computer scientist[2].

Where did Doug Cutting go to school?

Doug Cutting was educated at Stanford University[6].

What awards did Doug Cutting receive?

Honors received include O'Reilly Open Source Award[10] and Tony Kent Strix award[11].

References

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  1. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [18] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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