Farewell to John Warnock, an internet pioneer whose invention actually made the world better::In June 1969, John E. Warnock achieved a milestone of sorts at the University of Utah by producing the shortest Ph.D. dissertation in the university’s history.

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    Tldr He wrote a paper that outlined a portable document format: the PDF.

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      Indeed, John Warnock’s invention of the PDF format has had a significant impact on the way we interact with documents in the digital age. It’s remarkable how something as seemingly simple as a file format can revolutionize desktop publishing and streamline the sharing of documents across different platforms. His contributions to the internet and technology will certainly be remembered.

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    He co-invented PDF in '91. His PhD thesis, referenced in the summary, is a solution to the hidden line problem in computer graphics.