Author

Publication

1999 - MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

66,000 words, Guess

Page Count

264 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing8317372
  • Goodreads3249564

Classifications

  • DDC004.67/8/09
  • LCCTK5105.875.I57 A23 1999

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Inside Technology

Other Editions

  • Inventing the InternetHardcoverMIT Press1999-01-01

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