Inventing the Internet
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Inventing the Internet is a book
written by Janet Abbate. MIT Press
published the book in 1999. It is in print with ISBN 0-262-51115-0. The book might be useful to a person interested in the history of packet switching
, and possibly other communications paradigms, as well.
The following is a copy of the book's table of contents.
Book
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written by Janet Abbate. MIT Press
MIT Press
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published the book in 1999. It is in print with ISBN 0-262-51115-0. The book might be useful to a person interested in the history of packet switching
Packet switching
Packet switching is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data – regardless of content, type, or structure – into suitably sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable-bit-rate data streams over a shared network...
, and possibly other communications paradigms, as well.
The following is a copy of the book's table of contents.
- 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