The idea was that you could grow a system like the Internet one network at a time and then interconnect them. In some sense, the most important thing was the invention of the architecture protocols that enabled the Internet.
AliasesVinton Gray Cerf; Vinton Cerf; Vinton G. Cerf
BornJune 23, 1943
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionComputer Scientist; Engineer
AwardsTuring Award; National Medal Of Technology And Innovation; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Japan Prize; Queen Elizabeth Prize For Engineering; Princess Of Asturias Award - Technical And Scientific Research; Charles Stark Draper Prize; Harold Pender Award; IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal; EFF Pioneer Award
