Presidential medal for internet fathers
The fathers of internet, Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom which is the highest civil award in the US.
Other prominent figures that will receive the medal are Muhammad Ali, three-time heavyweight-boxing champ; and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve of the US.
Kahn and Cerf are the developers of the TCP/IP protocols which are used to transmit traffic across the internet. They developed the protocol in 1973 for the US military.
The TCP/IP protocol today is the standard for all internet communication.
Today Robert Kahn is CEO for the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), a non-profit organization for research and development of the national Information Infrastructure.
Vint Cerf is working for Google, today's largest Internet search company and is developing architectures and systems and standards for the next-generation applications.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be presented November 9 at the White House.
Other prominent figures that will receive the medal are Muhammad Ali, three-time heavyweight-boxing champ; and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve of the US.
Kahn and Cerf are the developers of the TCP/IP protocols which are used to transmit traffic across the internet. They developed the protocol in 1973 for the US military.
The TCP/IP protocol today is the standard for all internet communication.
Today Robert Kahn is CEO for the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), a non-profit organization for research and development of the national Information Infrastructure.
Vint Cerf is working for Google, today's largest Internet search company and is developing architectures and systems and standards for the next-generation applications.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be presented November 9 at the White House.
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