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]]'."<ref name="washpost"/><ref>[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 "father of the internet".

Current revision as of 14:50, 4 April 2009

Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf; born June 23, 1943 is an American computer scientist who is the person most often called "father of the internet".

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