Inventing the Internet.
Title:
Inventing the Internet.
Author:
Abbate, Janet.
ISBN:
9780262266703
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Series:
Inside Technology
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 - White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching -- 2 - Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies -- 3 - "The Most Neglected Element": Users Transform the ARPANET -- 4 - From ARPANET to Internet -- 5 - The Internet in the International Standards Arena -- 6 - Popularizing the Internet -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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