Inventing the Internet

Name: Inventing the Internet
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ISBN: 9780262511155

ISBN-10: 0262511150

ISBN-13: 9780262511155

Edition: 2000

Authors: Janet Abbate, Wiebe E. Bijker, W. Bernard Carlson, Trevor Pinch

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This story starts with the early networking breakthroughs formulated in Cold War think tanks and realized in the Defense Department's creation of the ARPANET. It ends with the emergence of the Internet and its rapid and seemingly chaotic growth.

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 268
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Janet Abbate is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and the author of Inventing the Internet (MIT Press, 1999).



Introduction



White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching



Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies



"The Most Neglected Element": Users Transform the ARPANET



From ARPANET to Internet



The Internet in the International Standards Arena



Popularizing the Internet


Notes


Bibliography


Index