Vint Cerf
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| - | '''Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf'''; born June 23, 1943) is an [[United States|American]] [[computer scientist]] who is the "person most often called '[[People known as the father or mother of something#Technology|the father]] [[History of the Internet|of the Internet]]'. | + | '''Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf'''; born June 23, 1943) is an [[United States|American]] [[computer scientist]] who is the "person most often called '[[People known as the father or mother of something#Technology|the father]] [[History of the Internet|of the Internet]]'.[http://tap.gallaudet.edu/emergency/nov05conference/Remarks/Goldberg.asp Making Televised Emergency Information Accessible] from the [[Gallaudet University]] website</ref><ref>Although its a title he objects to (see [http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38005-1.html?topic=interview Interview with Vinton Cerf], from a January 2006 article in ''[[Government Computer News]]''), Cerf is willing to call himself one of the Internet's fathers, citing [[Bob Kahn]] and [[Leonard Kleinrock]] in particular as being others with whom he should share that title.</ref> His contributions have been recognized repeatedly. |
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Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf; born June 23, 1943) is an American computer scientist who is the "person most often called 'the father of the Internet'.Making Televised Emergency Information Accessible from the Gallaudet University website</ref><ref>Although its a title he objects to (see Interview with Vinton Cerf, from a January 2006 article in Government Computer News), Cerf is willing to call himself one of the Internet's fathers, citing Bob Kahn and Leonard Kleinrock in particular as being others with whom he should share that title.</ref> His contributions have been recognized repeatedly.
