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Karen Spärck Jones

1935–2007 · British computer scientist

British computer scientist (1935–2007) whose TF-IDF underpins search.

Karen Spärck Jones — British computer scientist (1935–2007) whose TF-IDF underpins search.

This entry is a stub. It will be written out in full when a Chromix article calls for it. What belongs here: what Karen Spärck Jones actually did, why it mattered at the time, and what it made possible afterwards — each claim carrying its own source.

This entry is a stub. Most First Principles entries begin short and deepen only when a new article calls for it — the encyclopedia grows as Chromix writes.