| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
853540
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Segaller, Stephen.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Nerds 2.0.1 : : a brief history of the Internet /\ Stephen Segaller.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
New York :: TV Books,, ©1999.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
412 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
1575000881
|
|
|
:
|
: 9781575000886
|
| Notes
|
:
|
"[C]ompanion book to the television series 'Nerds 2.0.1--a brief history of the Internet' on PBS"--Title page verso.
|
|
|
:
|
"Now in paperback, with a new last chapter"--Page 4 of cover.
|
|
|
:
|
Includes index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
The 1960s : inventing the wheel. A testing time ; Something seductive ; Not so hard -- The 1970s : networking the nerds. Kind of a happening ; Suits, hippies, and hackers ; A human could use it ; Copierheads -- The 1980s : serving the suits. OK for corporate America ; Close to the Silicon ; Earthquakes and Vulcans ; It takes two to sign a contract ; Steal my software -- The 1990s : wiring the world. People just laughed ; An interesting commercial opportunity ; The slumbering giant ; Really good vibes ; All geeked up -- Conclusion : Not a fad -- Postscript: E-lif.er.a.tion (ee-lif-e-ray-shon).
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
Chronicles the history of computer networking and discusses how it was developed, how the Internet was created, how it changed through the last half of the twentieth century, and other related topics.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Computer networks-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Information technology-- History-- 20th century.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Internet-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Telecommunications engineers-- United States.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Computer networks.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Information technology.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Internet.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Telecommunications engineers.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
United States.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
004.678
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
TK5105.875.I57S443 1999x
|