Bob Kahn | |
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![]() Bob Kahn in Geneva, May 2013 | |
Born | Robert Elliott Kahn December 23, 1938 Brooklyn, New York |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | City College of New York (B.E.E., 1960) Princeton University (M.A., 1962; Ph.D., 1964) |
Known for | TCP/IP the father of the Internet |
Spouse | Patrice Ann Lyons |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Telecommunications, networking |
Institutions | Bell Labs MIT BBN DARPA Corporation for National Research Initiatives |
Robert Elliot "Bob" Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American electrical engineer. Along with Vint Cerf, he invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.