| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From Telegraph to Terabits -- In the Beginning -- Wire Telegraph -- Printing Telegraphs and the Teletypewriter -- Telephone -- Telephone Switching -- Automatic Telephone Switching -- Voice Telecommunication Without Wires -- ATandT and Western Union Separate -- Wire Line Carrier -- Telecommunications Regulation -- Semiconductors Arrive -- Advances in Switching -- Coaxial Cables -- Microwave Radio Arrives -- First Transatlantic Submarine Telephone Cable -- Digital Transmission Era Begins -- Satellites Relay Communications -- Community Antenna Television (CATV) -- Communications Through Glass Fibers -- Breakup of Ma Bell -- Advances in Fiber Optic Technology -- New Network Technology -- Telecommunications Act of 1996 -- Computer and the Internet -- A Brief History -- Computer Miniaturization -- Microprocessor Size -- Microprocessor Speed -- From Megabytes to Gigabytes and Beyond -- Millennim Bug -- Internet -- Cyberspace -- Web Browsers -- Marketing on the Internet -- Hardware -- Software -- Internet Service Providers -- Retail Services -- Equity Trading -- Content -- Electronic Transactions -- Education -- Internet Access -- On-Ramp Congestion -- Who Uses the Information Superhighway? -- A Brief History -- Types of Communications Services -- Interactive Services -- Distribution Services -- Internet -- Business and the Internet -- Computer-Telephony Integration -- Telecommuting -- Virtual Office -- Video Applications -- Distance Learning -- Wired Campuses -- Virtual College. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Computer networks.
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Computer networks. |
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Information superhighway.
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Information superhighway. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Gilbert, Elliot M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nellist, John G. Understanding modern telecommunications and the information superhighway. Boston, Mass. : Artech House, ©1999 0890063222 (DLC) 99010793 (OCoLC)40645423 |
| ISBN |
1580532373 (electronic book) |
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9781580532372 (electronic book) |
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0890063222 (alkaline paper) |
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