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Robert Kahn

Also Known As Robert Elliot Kahn · Robert E. Kahn · R.E. Kahn
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American electrical engineer who, with Vint Cerf, proposed the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol, the technical foundation of the modern Internet. He and Cerf shared the 2004 Turing Award and hold the fathers of the Internet title. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1938 1
Birth Date
1938-12-23 1
Nationality
American 1
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Associated With

ARPANET, Systems

Robert Kahn worked at Bolt Beranek and Newman on the Interface Message Processor subnetwork that connected ARPANET's early nodes, before his later work with Vint Cerf on TCP/IP.

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The Internet, Systems

Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn co-designed TCP/IP, the Internet's basic communications protocols, work recognized by their joint ACM Turing Award citation for pioneering internetworking; both are commonly called fathers of the Internet.

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Invented

TCP/IP, Systems
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1. Wikipedia: Robert Kahn
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  • Introduction
    along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP)
  • Infobox
    Robert Elliot Kahn, born December 23, 1938, New York City, U.S.
  • Associated With: ARPANET
  • Associated With: The Internet
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Robert Kahn (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Robert Elliot Kahn
    Robert Elliot Kahn
  • Wikidata P166: Harold Pender Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Harold Pender Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Charles Stark Draper Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Charles Stark Draper Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: National Inventors Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): National Inventors Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Harry H. Goode Memorial Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Presidential Medal of Freedom
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: AAAI Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): AAAI Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Webby Lifetime Achievement Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Webby Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: James Madison Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): James Madison Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer History Museum Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer History Museum Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: EFF Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): EFF Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Princess of Asturias Awards
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Princess of Asturias Awards.
  • Wikidata P166: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctorate from Princeton University
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctorate from Princeton University.
  • Wikidata P166: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Marconi Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Marconi Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: Internet Hall of Fame
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Internet Hall of Fame.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of ETH Zürich
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of ETH Zürich.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Medal of Honor
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Medal of Honor.
  • Wikidata P166: Benjamin Franklin Medal
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Benjamin Franklin Medal.
  • Wikidata P166: SIGCOMM Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): SIGCOMM Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Japan Prize
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Japan Prize.
  • Wikidata P166: National Medal of Technology and Innovation
    Wikidata P166 (award received): National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Software System Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Software System Award.
  • Wikidata alias: Robert E. Kahn
    Robert E. Kahn
  • Wikidata alias: R.E. Kahn
    R.E. Kahn
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