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This work recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop. The main focus is on always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. The story starts with the early networking breakthroughs formulated in Cold War think tanks and realized in the Defense Department's creation of the ARPANET. It ends with the emergence of the Internet and its rapid and seemingly chaotic growth.Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press LTD
ISBN-139780262011723
eBay Product ID (ePID)86574897
Product Key Features
Number of Pages268 Pages
Publication NameInventing the Internet
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEngineering & Technology, Computer Science
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorJanet Abbate
SeriesInventing the Internet
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight499 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJanet Abbate