Trapped in the Net
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 27, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780691002477
Subjects: Human-computer interaction; Impact of computing & IT on society; Internet; Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General; Reference - General; Applied Science and Engineering; Computers / General; Mathematics; Computer Science; Computer Bks - General Information
First sentence: are essentially inoperable if the electronic system that coordinates and schedules the required network of tightly coupled activities is damaged or destroyed. Enter the Computer The argument of this book is that the complacent acceptance of the desktop "personal" computer in almost every aspect of modern life is masking the degree to which computerization and computer networking are transforming not just the activities and computer networking are transforming not just the activities and instruments of human affairs, but also their structure and practice.