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Daniel rated it really liked it Dec 14, This page was last edited on 26 Octoberat But the network users unexpectedly came up with a new focus for network activity: Issues intrrnet Science and Technology Librarianship.
We welcome your comments hhe this article. She does a great job of talking about pac So, where did the internet come from? Abbate has a deep faith in the power of decentralized groups of smart people working in good faith, and that is a faith I wish more people had.
I loved this book. If the Internet is to continue as an innovative means of collaboration, discovery, and social interaction, it will need to ababte on its legacy of adaptability and participatory design.
Lists with This Book. No trivia or quizzes yet. Abbate is the author of two books: She does a great job of talking about packet abgate, and way in the early ‘s packet switching seemed like a potentially really mediocre idea. Abbate states “[h]ad the ARPANET’s only value been as a tool for resource sharing, the network might be remembered today as a minor failure rather than a spectacular success.
Inventing the Internet
The story she unfolds is 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.
Since the late s the Internet has grown from a single thf network serving a dozen sites in the United States to a network of networks linking millions of compu Janet Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internet’s design and use.
Abbate points out, to the initial puzzlement of someone teethed in AOL chatrooms, that networking technology was never “destined” to be as indispensable as it is today. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Inventing the Internet by Janet Abbate
Janet Abbate does a great job explaining all the people and organizations involved with the creation of the internet. Department of Science and Technology in Society. But if you want to know the story and sort out some lessons for yourself, this is a fine read. Abbate received her Ph.
But how did the Internet get its start? Selected pages Title Page. Abbate explains the efforts of several organizations that went into developing international standards that were necessary for the Internet to become as successful as it has become.
Nadia Babar rated it liked it Dec 24, Journal of the Association for History and Computing. Inventing the Internet Janet Abbate No preview available – Abbate presents this history of the Internet in an easy-to-read style that is both entertaining and informative.
Inventing the Internet Inside Technology. As I type this on my laptop on my couch, the question seems almost absurd — like where does electricity come from.
Bernard CarlsonTrevor Pinch. In contrast, her analysis of why some things happened to win is sometimes superficial, and her general observations are not that extensive. Be the first to ask a question about Inventing the Internet. Sep 03, Jack rated it really liked it Shelves: Jun 22, mcburton rated it really liked it Shelves: But it turns out that’s a pretty interesting storytoo.
It was however fairly dry reading. Prior to her academic work, Abbate was herself a computer programmer, and her background has been cited in reviews of her work as relevant to her research approach. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand how we got here. With an eye for the social constructs that shaped the Internet, she In Inventing the InternetJaneg Abbate recounts the key players and technologies that allowed the Internet to develop; but her main focus is always on the social and cultural factors that influenced the Internets design and use.