The 10 Founding Fathers of the Web. While the phrase "founding fathers" is often used in conjunction with men like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, we wanted the think about the phrase on the global level. And what is more global than the world wide web? Thus, this holiday, we're taking a look at 10 individuals who have been instrumental in helping to shape the world wide web and the culture of the Internet as we know it today.
Check out our round up below to learn about some of the most influential people in the creation and development of the ideas and technologies that have led to today's web experience. Let us know in the comments if you think we've missed anyone! 1. Tim Berners-Lee Why He Matters: Tim Berners-Lee is credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web. Berners-Lee founded and is the current director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a standards body that oversees the development of the web as a whole. 2. 3. 4, 5, 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Dame Wendy Hall - The Emerging Science of the Web and Why it is. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Steven Levy intervie. Vint Cerf @googletalks. Bob Kahn. Robert Elliot "Bob" Kahn (born December 23, 1938) is an American engineer, who, along with Vint Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.
Background information[edit] In 1972, he began work at the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) within ARPA. In the fall of 1972, he demonstrated the ARPANET by connecting 20 different computers at the International Computer Communication Conference, "the watershed event that made people suddenly realize that packet switching was a real technology. "[4] He then helped develop the TCP/IP protocols for connecting diverse computer networks. After he became Director of IPTO, he started the United States government's billion dollar Strategic Computing Initiative, the largest computer research and development program ever undertaken by the U.S. federal government. The Internet[edit] Awards[edit] Honorary degrees[edit] Articles[edit] Keen on… with Reid Hoffman: “You Need to be a Leader in Society” (TCTV)