TCP/IP protocol suite
Protocolo TCP/IP
- Date
- 1974 · confidence high
- Place
- Stanford, California, and DARPA, Arlington, United States
- Credited to
- Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn; adopted on ARPANET on 1 January 1983
- People
- 👤 Bob Kahn1938–👤 Vinton Cerf1943–
- Field
- Communication
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Set of protocols that allows heterogeneous networks to be interconnected into a network of networks, with reliable end-to-end delivery. It is the technical definition of the internet.
Louis Pouzin (CYCLADES, France) contributed the datagram and end-to-end principle; public credit goes to Cerf and Kahn.
What it led to
- The internet as an open, neutral global network
- The disintermediation of national telephone companies
- The common infrastructure of the web, email, streaming and AI
Built on
- Packet switching1964-1965
- ARPANET1969
- French CYCLADES network