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Network revolutions of the past have shaped the present and set the stage for the revolution we are experiencing today. In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions--in communications, business, and many areas of daily life--are unprecedented. Today�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wheeler, Tom, 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Computer networks.
Telegraph > History.
Railroads > History.
Printing > History.
Technology and civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Perspective. Connections have consequences
  • part II. Predicates. The original information revolution
  • The first high-speed network and the death of distance
  • The first electronic network and the end of time
  • part III. The road to revolution. Computing engines
  • Connected computing
  • The planet's most powerful and pervasive platform
  • part IV. Our turn
  • The history we are making
  • Connecting forward.

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