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The Undersea Network /

In our "wireless" world it is easy to take the importance of the undersea cable systems for granted, but the stakes of their successful operation are huge, as they are responsible for carrying almost all transoceanic Internet traffic. In The Undersea Network Nicole Starosielski follows the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Starosielski, Nicole, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Circuitous routes: from topology to topography
  • Short-circuiting discursive infrastructure: from connection to transmission
  • Gateway: from cable colony to network operations center
  • Pressure point: turbulent ecologies of the cable landing
  • A network of islands: interconnecting the Pacific
  • Cabled depths: the aquatic afterlives of signal traffic
  • Surfacing.