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Inventing the Internet

"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
eBook, English, ©1999
MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, ©1999
Electronic books
1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780585077970, 9780262011723, 9780262266703, 9781282099982, 9786612099984, 0585077975, 0262011727, 0262266709, 1282099981, 6612099984
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White heat and cold war
Building the ARPANET
"The most neglected element"
From ARPANET to Internet
The Internet in the international standards arena
Popularizing the Internet
English