Computer Science Superheroes
Go Home!Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf, also known as the "father of the internet", was born on June 23, 1943. He is widely known for being the person responsible for developing the TCP/IP protocols of the internet. He attended the University of California, as well as Stanford, and has earned the National Medal of Technology for co-founding the internet.
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Elizabeth "Jake" Feinler
Elizabeth Feinler, born March 2, 1931 (same birthday as me :) ), managed both the ARPANET and the DDN, both of which contributed heavily to the creation of the Internet. She is a graduate of Purdue University and worked on the research team at Stanford. She and her team of researchers are also known for making the "white pages", a digital version of the "yellow pages", which is a directory of people. Her team also contributed to creating DNS names, such as .com, .net, .goc, etc.