Vint Cerf is an American computer scientist who, with Bob Kahn, designed the TCP/IP protocol suite in the 1970s that let separate computer networks interconnect as a single internet. He is often called one of the fathers of the internet for that work.
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Did Vint Cerf create the internet on his own?
No. He designed TCP/IP with Robert Kahn and shares the title with him.
No. Vint Cerf shares the title of father of the internet with Robert Kahn. The two worked together in the 1970s to design the TCP/IP protocol suite, which let separate computer networks interconnect as a single internet.
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Co-designed the TCP/IP protocols underlying the internets networking hardware and architecture.
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Source A History of TechnologyCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors
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Source Technology: A World HistoryDaniel R. Headrick
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1. A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954View the Source 2. Vint Cerf (Wikipedia)
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Vinton Gray Cerf (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.
In Group: Software and Programming Pioneers, Introduction
Vinton Gray Cerf (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.
View the Source Technology: A World History
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