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Paul Baran, an Uncommon card
Paul Baran was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 128
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 128 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Paul Baran quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Paul Baran card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas. National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas 81 · Paul Baran 71 · Irving Langmuir 68 · Carvone 64 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Irving Langmuir. Irving Langmuir 32,000 · Paul Baran 20,000 · Håkon Wium Lie 10,000 · National Register of Historic Places listings in White County, Arkansas 1,600 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide, and went on to start several companies and develop other technologies that are an essential part of modern digital communication.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Paul Baran article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Paul Baran
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Paul Baran (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andreu Veà, WiWiW.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
