The Internet was awarded its own Hall of Fame on Monday -- with a slew of inductees that have had a profound impact on the early stages of the web.
A total of 33 visionaries will be among the first to be inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in Geneva, Switzerland, from former Vice President Al Gore and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark to the inventor of email and the beloved "@" symbol, Ray Tomlinson.
Also included in the list is Robert Kahn, the co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols who is known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet". He also was responsible for originating DARPA’s Internet program and spreading awareness about packet switching technology.
Mitchell Baker -- the founding chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation -- will also be inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. She helped legitimize Open Source Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web browser. She sought to show that the Internet should not just belong to one company and operating system.
For a full look at who to thank for making the Internet what it is today, check out the gallery above.
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