Inventing the Internet

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Inventing the Internet is a book written by Janet Abbate. MIT Press published the book in 1999. It is in print with ISBN 0-262-51115-0. The book might be useful to a person interested in the history of packet switching, and possibly other communications paradigms, as well.

The following is a copy of the book's table of contents.

1. Introduction...
2. White Heat and Cold War: The Origins and Meanings of Packet Switching
3. Building the ARPANET: Challenges and Strategies
4. "The Most Neglected Element": Users Transform the ARPANET
5. From ARPANET to Internet
6. The Internet in the International Standards Arena
7. Popularizing the Internet
8. Notes
9. Bibliography
10. Index

[edit] References

• Inventing the Internet - Janet Abbate (Excerpt)