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100 1 _aWheen, Andrew.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDot-Dash to Dot.Com
_h[recurso electrónico] :
_bHow Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet /
_cby Andrew Wheen.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2011.
300 _aXVIII, 302 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
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490 1 _aSpringer Praxis Books
505 0 _aAcknowledgments -- List of figures -- List of pictures -- List of tables -- About the author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The birth of an industry -- Chapter 2: The telegraph goes global -- Chapter 3: A gatecrasher spoils the party -- Chapter 4: Early telephone networks -- Chapter 5: Going digital -- Chapter 6: A bit of wet string -- Chapter 7: The last mile -- Chapter 8: Computers get chatty -- Chapter 9: The birth of the Internet -- Chapter 10: Life in cyberspace -- Chapter 11: The mobile revolution -- Chapter 12: When failure is not an option -- Chapter 13: What comes next? -- Appendices A - Q -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aThe profusion of websites and applications that characterise the modern Internet may seem a far cry from the primitive telegraph system of the late 1830s. There is, however, a direct link. The invention of the electric telegraph paved the way for telephone networks which, in turn, laid the foundations for today's Internet. In less than 170 years, simple arrangements of magnets, switches and cables evolved to become the largest and most complex machine in the world. How did this happen? What were the inventions that shaped modern communications? Who were the key players in this amazing story? How does the Internet work? And what is coming next? This fascinating and long-overdue book answers these and many other questions, bringing to life the characters, the times they live in, and the technological revolution that they brought about. Dot-Dash to Dot.com: - describes some truly heroic feats of 19th century engineering, and the impact that the first telecommunication systems had on the Victorian world; - reveals how the success of the electric telegraph led to the development of the telephone and the fax machine; - explores the early experiments that led to the Internet and the World Wide Web; - explains how networks work - and why they sometimes don't; - chronicles the phenomenal growth of mobile networks; - describes how the digital revolution is driving the introduction of "next generation networks;" - examines the extraordinary growth in network applications; and - introduces a number of larger-than-life characters, whose inventive genius and entrepreneurial flair left an indelible mark on the modern world.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aComputer Communication Networks.
650 0 _aComputer science.
650 0 _aMathematics.
650 0 _aTelecommunication.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aCommunications Engineering, Networks.
650 2 4 _aHistory of Computing.
650 2 4 _aComputer Communication Networks.
650 2 4 _aElectronic Circuits and Devices.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Praxis Books
856 4 0 _zLibro electrónico
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