Nam June Paik

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Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.

Paik is credited with an early usage (1974) of the term "super highway" in application to telecommunications. [Read more on Wikipedia]