Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn

Introducing two Internet pioneers - Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn.


Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet.

• Widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet".

Kahn is also the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols.

He set four goals for the design of what would become the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP):

• Network connectivity. Any network could connect to another network through a gateway.

• Distribution. There would be no central network administration or control.

• Error recovery. Lost packets would be retransmitted.

• Black box design. No internal changes would have to be made to a network to connect it to other networks.

1974 - First Use of term Internet by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in paper on Transmission Control Protocol.