Title Architects of the information society : Thirty-Five Years of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT / Simson L. Garfinkel ; edited by Hal Abelson ; with a foreword by Michael L. Dertouzos

Published Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 72 pages) : illustrations Contents 1 The Computer Utility 1 -- 2 The Intergalactic Network 21 -- 3 The Information Marketplace 41 Summary This book, published in celebration of the 35th anniversary of MIT's LCS, chronicles its history, achievements, and continued importance to computer science.The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) has been responsible for some of the most significant technological achievements of the past few decades. Much of the hardware and software driving the information revolution has been, and continues to be, created at LCS. Anyone who sends and receives email, communicates with colleagues through a LAN, surfs the Web, or makes decisions using a spreadsheet is benefiting from the creativity of LCS members.LCS is an interdepartmental laboratory that brings together faculty, researchers, and students in a broad program of study, research, and experimentation. Their principal goal is to pursue innovations in information technology that will improve people's lives. LCS members have been instrumental in the development of ARPAnet, the Internet, the Web, Ethernet, time-shared computers, UNIX, RSA encryption, the X Windows system, NuBus, and many other technologies.This book, published in celebration of LCS's thirty-fifth anniversary, chronicles its history, achievements, and continued importance to computer science. The essays are complemented by historical photographs Analysis COMPUTERS / Computer Science Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Computer Science -- History Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Computer Science COMPUTERS -- Reference. COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory. COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy. COMPUTERS -- Information Technology. COMPUTERS -- Data Processing. COMPUTERS -- Computer Science. COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General. Engineering & Applied Sciences. Computer Science. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Abelson, Harold. LC no. 98043748 ISBN 0585054886 9780585054889 0262266717 9780262266710

Other Titles 35 years of the Laboratory for Computer Science at MIT

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