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This book is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. Ciphers and codes conceal messages and protect secrets. Symbol and magic hide meanings to imperil or delight. Languages made to baffle and confuse let insiders talk openly without being understood by those beyond the circle. Barry Blake looks in depth at these and many more. He explores the history and uses of the slangs and argots of schools and trades. He traces the histories of centuries-old cants such asthose used by sailors and criminals, among them polari, the mix of Italian, Yiddish, and slang spoken once among
Historical linguistics. --- Ciphers. --- Cryptography. --- Cryptanalysis --- Cryptology --- Secret writing --- Steganography --- Signs and symbols --- Symbolism --- Writing --- Ciphers --- Data encryption (Computer science) --- Codes --- Contractions --- Abbreviations --- Code names --- Cryptography --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and history --- Linguistics --- History --- Historical linguistics --- language --- ciphers and codes --- concealed mesages --- secrets --- symbols --- magic --- cults --- religions --- culture
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Le gouvernement chinois n'a pas choisi de bloquer l'accès à Internet comprenant que la modernité économique passerait par là. Cependant, depuis dix ans, une guerre de l'ombre se déroule entre ceux qui utilisent la technologie à des fins de liberté et ceux qui la contrôlent. Internet est en train de changer la société chinoise, la manière dont les Chinois s'informent, communiquent et débattent.
Internet --- Information superhighway --- Information technology --- Autoroutes électroniques --- Technologie de l'information --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Aspect social --- Aspect politique --- S11/1600 --- S10/0835 --- S19/1200 --- S06/0438 --- China: Social sciences--Internet --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- China: Natural sciences--Computer science --- China: Politics and government--Policy towards press, Internet --- Autoroutes électroniques --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web --- Internet - Political aspects - China --- Internet - Social aspects - China --- l'Internet --- la Chine --- communisme --- liberté --- la croissance chinoise
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