Inventing the Internet / Janet Abbate.

"In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate focuses on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. She unfolds an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer sc...

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Main Author: Abbate, Janet
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, ©1999.
Series:Inside technology.
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Summary:"In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate focuses on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. She unfolds an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer scientists in academia and industry, graduate students, telecommunications companies, standards organizations, and network users."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
ISBN:0585077975
9780585077970
9780262011723
0262011727
9780262266703
0262266709
1282099981
9781282099982
9786612099984
6612099984
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.