Joyce K. Reynolds
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Joyce K. Reynolds is a computer scientist
Computer scientist
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Reynolds holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
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, United States
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. She has been active in the development of the protocols underlying the Internet
Internet
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. In particular, she has authored or co-authored many RFC
Request for Comments
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s, most notably those introducing and specifying the Telnet
TELNET
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 protocol.

Joyce Reynolds served as part of the editorial team of the Request For Comments
Request for Comments
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 series from 1987 to 2006, and also performed the IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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 function with Jon Postel
Jon Postel
Jonathan Bruce Postel was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards...

 until this was transferred to ICANN
ICANN
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, and worked with ICANN in this role until 2001, while remaining an employee of ISI
Information Sciences Institute
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.

As Area Director of the User Services area, she was a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group of the IETF from 1990 to March 1998

Together with Bob Braden
Bob Braden
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, she received the 2006 Postel Award
Postel Award
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in recognition of her services to the Internet.

She is mentioned, along with a brief biography, in RFC 1336, Who's Who in the Internet (1992).

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