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When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for but could not predict how it would blossom and how much human ingenuity it wo...

Vint Cerf

When I helped to develop the open standards that computers use to communicate with one another across the Net, I hoped for but could not predict how it would blossom and how much human ingenuity it wo...

Tags: blossom, predict, human

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

Vint Cerf

There was something amazingly enticing about programming.

Tags: programming, something

About Author
Vinton Gray Cerf (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn.
He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for business, government and research, so it is not surprising that we are finding that we can apply thi...

Vint Cerf

We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for business, government and research, so it is not surprising that we are finding that we can apply thi...

Tags: business, government

In 1970, there was a single telephone company in the United States called AT&T, and its technology was called circuit switching, and that was all any telecom engineer worried about.

Vint Cerf

In 1970, there was a single telephone company in the United States called AT&T, and its technology was called circuit switching, and that was all any telecom engineer worried about.

Tags: company, single, engineer

One thing we know for sure is that the Web is a collaborative medium unlike any we've ever had before. We see people working together, playing together, interacting in social settings using these medi...

Vint Cerf

One thing we know for sure is that the Web is a collaborative medium unlike any we've ever had before. We see people working together, playing together, interacting in social settings using these medi...

Tags: education, together

The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in the post-box, they don't necessarily come out then in the same...

Vint Cerf

The post office doesn't guarantee delivery, but it tries really hard. It's called best efforts communication. If you put two postcards in the post-box, they don't necessarily come out then in the same...

Tags: best, internet, you

Commercialization of assets off the planet would mutually reinforce the growth of interplanetary communication.

Vint Cerf

Commercialization of assets off the planet would mutually reinforce the growth of interplanetary communication.

Tags: growth, assets, planet

We all know the Internet didn't explode until it became a commercial enterprise. Space communication will probably have the same characteristic.

Vint Cerf

We all know the Internet didn't explode until it became a commercial enterprise. Space communication will probably have the same characteristic.

Tags: space, internet, know

You should know that I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication.

Vint Cerf

You should know that I've been hearing-impaired, not quite since birth, but I've been wearing hearing aids since I was 13, so I'm very conscious of the difficulty of voice communication.

Tags: voice, know, you

Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the ha...

Vint Cerf

Written communication is a tremendous help for me, and so when electronic mail was invented in '71, I got very excited about it, thinking well, gee, the deaf community could really use this, or the ha...

Tags: community, thinking, help

There is a project that's underway called the interplanetary Internet. It's in operation between Earth and Mars. It's operating on the International Space Station. It's part of the spacecraft that's i...

Vint Cerf

There is a project that's underway called the interplanetary Internet. It's in operation between Earth and Mars. It's operating on the International Space Station. It's part of the spacecraft that's i...

Tags: sun, internet, earth

I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology.

Vint Cerf

I just am a huge cheerleader for getting kids interested in science and technology.

Tags: technology, kids, just

The idea was that you could grow a system like the Internet one network at a time and then interconnect them. In some sense, the most important thing was the invention of the architecture protocols th...

Vint Cerf

The idea was that you could grow a system like the Internet one network at a time and then interconnect them. In some sense, the most important thing was the invention of the architecture protocols th...

Tags: time, internet, grow

The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all work together.

Vint Cerf

The big deal about the Internet design was you could have an arbitrary large number of networks so that they would all work together.

Tags: work, together, internet

I can't say I'm particularly happy about all the spam and the viruses and the equivalent that we see on the Net, but I think technology can deal with many of the problems that we're now seeing, whethe...

Vint Cerf

I can't say I'm particularly happy about all the spam and the viruses and the equivalent that we see on the Net, but I think technology can deal with many of the problems that we're now seeing, whethe...

Tags: happy, problems, help

The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates a set of standards for our behavior.

Vint Cerf

The government has a responsibility to protect society, to help maintain society. That's why we have laws... The rule of law creates a set of standards for our behavior.

Tags: responsibility, law, society