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Vint Cerf

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Also Known As Vinton Gray Cerf · Vint Cerf

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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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Birth Year
1943 1
Birth Date
1943-06-23 2
Nationality
American 1
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In Field

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, 1954
2. Vint Cerf (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationView the Source
Technology: A World History
Daniel R. Headrick, Oxford University Press, 2009
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