TY - BOOK ID - 14305613 TI - Dot-dash to dot.com : how modern telecommunications evolved from the telegraph to the internet PY - 2011 SN - 1441967591 1441967605 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Electronic books. -- local. KW - Telecommunication -- History. KW - Telecommunication -- Technological innovatiosn. KW - Telecommunication KW - Electrical & Computer Engineering KW - Business & Economics KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Electrical Engineering KW - Transportation Economics KW - History KW - Technological innovations KW - History. KW - Technological innovatiosn. KW - Electric communication KW - Mass communication KW - Telecom KW - Telecommunication industry KW - Telecommunications KW - Engineering. KW - Computer communication systems. KW - Computers. KW - Electronic circuits. KW - Popular works. KW - Electrical engineering. KW - Communications Engineering, Networks. KW - History of Computing. KW - Computer Communication Networks. KW - Electronic Circuits and Devices. KW - Popular Science, general. KW - Electric engineering KW - Engineering KW - Electron-tube circuits KW - Electric circuits KW - Electron tubes KW - Electronics KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Communication systems, Computer KW - Computer communication systems KW - Data networks, Computer KW - ECNs (Electronic communication networks) KW - Electronic communication networks KW - Networks, Computer KW - Teleprocessing networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Digital communications KW - Electronic systems KW - Information networks KW - Cyberinfrastructure KW - Electronic data processing KW - Network computers KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Distributed processing KW - Communication KW - Information theory KW - Telecommuting KW - Telecommunication. KW - Computer science. KW - Science (General). KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Geschichte. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14305613 AB - The 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. ER -