Inventing the Internet
By: Janet Abbate.
Series: Inside Technology
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Internet -- History.
Description: In Inventing the Internet, Janet Abbate focuses on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet's design and use. She unfolds an often twisting tale of collaboration and conflict among a remarkable variety of players, including government and military agencies, computer scientists in academia and industry, graduate students, telecommunications companies, standards organizations, and network users.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-258) and index.