Cerf

American  

[surf] / sɜrf /

noun

1. Bennett (Alfred), 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.

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Example Sentences

Conversations about the birth of the information age often include mention of people like Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with inventing email, and Vint Cerf, who co-created the architecture that allows computers to talk to each other on the web.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s an adage that I have come to quote repeatedly, and it is if you want to do something big, get help, especially from people who are smarter than you are,” Cerf said.

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“And, so, we’re back,” Cerf said, “to Dave Farber’s ability to identify interesting people and to put them together.”

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Bennett Cerf’s Random House went from scrappy startup to publishing giant.

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Along the way, Cerf became a celebrity.

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