The reputation of "Father of the Internet" has been awarded to many people, including: Tim Berners Lee, vint cerf (original name: Vinton Gray "Venter" Cerf) and Robert? Robert elliot kahn, etc. Therefore, the "father of the Internet" is not a person, but a group.
The invention and development of the Internet can be summarized as "the dream of several people and the creation of several generations".
Li Kelide, who first put forward the dream of the Internet, has not won the honor and reputation commensurate with his contribution today, but history will not forget this founder of Internet thought.
Klein Locke and Roberts invented and created the rudiment of the Internet-ARPANET, which took the first step of the Internet dream.
But at present, ARPANET obviously cannot become the real Internet, and it is more appropriate to call it the "experimental network" of the Internet. Only when computers with different software and hardware are freely connected and incompatible computers are interoperable can the dream of the Internet be truly realized.
CERF and Kahn made decisive contributions with their TCP/IP, and were finally called "the fathers of the Internet". Thanks to the network dream of several outstanding scientists and the unremitting efforts of several generations, we can enjoy the great changes brought by the real Internet to this global village today. ?
People who played an important role in the invention of the Internet by expanding information:
1, licklid-the founder of internet thought
Licklid (1915 ~1990) is called a "network visionary" because he first sowed the seeds of Internet ideas. Licklid got his doctorate in psychology at 1942, and began to get in touch with the emerging computer technology. Because of his psychological background, he has a different perspective from other early computer researchers in mathematics and engineering, and Licklid became interested in human-computer interaction and communication.
2. Klein Locke and Roberts-designers of Internet prototypes?
Leonard. Klein Locke (1934 ~) first put forward the concept of "packet switching" in his paper published in 196 1, which is contrary to the traditional network theory but has become the basis of Internet communication.
Klein Locke received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1963, and then went to UCLA to continue his network theory research. 1964 completed the world's first monograph on network theory, Communication Network.
From 65438 to 0968, Klein Locke was invited to participate in the design of ARPANET because of his expertise in network communication, and was responsible for drafting the specifications of ARPANET. Because Klein Locke works at UCLA, ARPAnet was selected as the first node when it was first experimented in 1969.
3.CERF and Kahn-Internet protocol manufacturers?
1974, CERF and Kahn published a paper "The Protocol of Interactive Communication in Packet Networks" in IEEE Communication Journal, describing the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) jointly formulated by them, which laid the foundation for the Internet. Although the content of TCP/IP has been expanded for more than 30 years, its basic concept still maintains the outline of that year.
Therefore, they are known as the "father of the Internet" and won the Turing Award, the highest award in computer science in 2004, which is the first time that the Turing Award has been awarded to scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the creation of the Internet. ?
Baidu Encyclopedia-the Father of the Internet