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Alan Emtage

Computer Engineering

Alan Emtage is a Barbadian-Canadian computer scientist who conceived and implemented the first version of Archie, a pre-Web Internet search engine for locating material in public FTP archives. It is widely considered the world first Internet search engine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1964 1
Nationality
Barbados 1
Nationality
Canada 1
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In Field

Computer Engineering, Fields
Source Alan Emtage (Wikipedia)

Invented

Search Engine, Inventions
Source Alan Emtage (Wikipedia)

Invented By

Archie (search engine), Inventions
Source Archie (search engine) (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Barbados

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Canada

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Sources
1. Alan Emtage (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia 'Alan Emtage': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Alan Emtage': citizenship Barbadian, born Bridgetown Barbados; checked 2026-09-27
  • Wikipedia 'Alan Emtage': citizenship Canadian; checked 2026-09-27
  • In Field: Computer Engineering, Introduction
    Alan Emtage (born November 27, 1964) is a Bajan-Canadian computer scientist who conceived and implemented the first version of Archie, a pre-Web Internet search engine for locating material in public FTP archives.
  • In Group: Computing Hardware and Network Pioneers, Introduction
    Alan Emtage (born November 27, 1964) is a Bajan-Canadian computer scientist who conceived and implemented the first version of Archie, a pre-Web Internet search engine for locating material in public FTP archives.
  • Invented: Search Engine, Lead paragraph
    conceived and implemented the first version of Archie, a pre-Web Internet search engine for locating material in public FTP archives
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Archie (search engine) (Wikipedia)
Invented By: Archie (search engine), Lead [year]
Quote, Invented By: Archie (search engine), Lead [year]
The original implementation was written in 1990 by Alan Emtage
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