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Author Carpenter, Brian E

Title Network geeks : how they built the internet / Brian E. Carpenter
Published London ; New York : Copernicus, ©2013

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Contents Hey Folks! -- Before My Time -- Where Do Geeks Come From? -- Going Up -- In Control -- Two Ivory Towers -- Diversity -- Economy Class -- Parallel Universes -- The Years of Miraculous Growth -- Going Under
Summary The impact on modern society made by the Internet is immeasurable. Yet some questioned "why anyone would want such a thing" when the idea was first introduced. Part history, part memoir and part cultural study, Network Geeks charts the creation of the Internet and the establishment of the Internet Engineering Task Force, from the viewpoint of a self-proclaimed geek who witnessed these developments first-hand. With boundless enthusiasm and abundant humour, Brian Carpenter leads the reader on a journey from post-war Britain to post-millennium New Zealand, describing how the Internet grew into today's ubiquitous, global network, including the genesis of the World-Wide Web in the hotbeds of a particle collider at CERN. Illuminating the science and technology behind the apparent "magic trick" of the Internet, Network Geeks opens a window into the initially bewildering world of the Internet engineering geek. After reading this book, you may wish to join this world yourself
Analysis Computer science
Mathematics
History of Computing
Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology
Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
In Springer eBooks
Subject Internet -- History
Computer networks -- History
Internet -- history
Computer Communication Networks -- history
COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Intranets & Extranets.
COMPUTERS -- Web -- General.
Computer networks
Internet
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781447150251
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