Computer History Museum

Kahn, Bob (Robert) oral history

Robert Elliot "Bob" Kahn is an American elctrical 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. In 2004 Kahn won the A.M. turing Award, the highest honour in computer scinece, for the "pioneering work on internetworking, including the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols, TCP/IP, and for inspired leadership in networking."

Item Details

Date
2006-09-30 (Made)
Type
Moving Image
Catalogue number
102657964
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Robert (Bob) Kahn (Interviewee)
Vinton G. Cerf (Interviewer)
Gardner Hendrie (Videographer)
Category
Oral History
Format
DVCAM
Place of publication
USA/VA/McLean
Language
English
Acquisition number
X3699.2007
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection