Ian Jackson

Summary

Ian Jackson is a human^[1]. He was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as an engineer^[3] and computer scientist^[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,285 of 1,000,298).^[5]

Key Facts

• Ian Jackson was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Ian Jackson worked as an engineer^[3].
• Ian Jackson worked as a computer scientist^[4].
• Ian Jackson held the position of Debian project leader^[6].
• Ian Jackson held the position of GNU adns maintainer^[7].
• Ian Jackson held the position of Debian developer^[8].
• Ian Jackson's education included a stint at Churchill College^[9].
• Ian Jackson was educated at Prattville High School^[10].
• A notable work attributed to Ian Jackson is dpkg^[11].
• A notable work attributed to Ian Jackson is Debbugs^[12].
• A notable work attributed to Ian Jackson is GNU userv^[13].
• A notable work attributed to Ian Jackson is GNU sauce^[14].
• A notable work attributed to Ian Jackson is adns^[15].
• Ian Jackson was a member of The Debian Project^[16].
• Ian Jackson was a member of GNU Project^[17].
• Ian Jackson is recorded as male^[18].
• Ian Jackson's instance of is recorded as human^[19].
• Ian Jackson's website account on is recorded as GNU Savannah^[20].
• Ian Jackson's website account on is recorded as Dreamwidth^[21].
• Ian Jackson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06r57g^[22].
• Ian Jackson's family name is recorded as Jackson^[23].
• Ian Jackson's given name is recorded as Ian^[24].
• Ian Jackson's official website is recorded as https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson^[25].
• Ian Jackson's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English^[26].
• Ian Jackson's official blog URL is recorded as https://diziet.dreamwidth.org./^[27].

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Origins and Family

Ian Jackson was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].

Education

Educated at Churchill College^[9], a college of the University of Cambridge^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1960^[30] and Prattville High School^[10], a high school^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1976^[33].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include engineer^[3] and computer scientist^[4]. Positions held include Debian project leader^[6], GNU adns maintainer^[7], and Debian developer^[8].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include dpkg^[11], a system-level package manager^[34], founded in 1994^[35]; Debbugs^[12], a free software^[36], founded in 1994^[37]; GNU userv^[13], a computer program^[38]; GNU sauce^[14], a GNU package^[39]; and adns^[15], a software library^[40].

Why It Matters

Ian Jackson ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,285 of 1,000,298).^[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] He is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

FAQs

What did Ian Jackson do for work?

Ian Jackson worked as engineer^[3] and computer scientist^[4].

Where did Ian Jackson go to school?

Ian Jackson was educated at Churchill College^[9] and Prattville High School^[10].