Networked Life 20 Questions and Answers

Name: Networked Life 20 Questions and Answers
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ISBN: 9781107024946

ISBN-10: 1107024943

ISBN-13: 9781107024946

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mung Chiang

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How does Google sell ad space and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter and can you really reach anyone in six steps? Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion and does it have an Achilles' heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud services so scalable and why is WiFi slower at hotspots than at home? Driven by twenty real-world questions about our networked lives, this book explores the technology behind the multi-trillion dollar Internet and wireless industries. Providing easily understandable answers for the casually…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 503
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.96" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English




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