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Book Synopsis
Tells the story of the entrepreneurs who were able to harness the energy of computer science researchers supported by governments and universities, and the tremendous commercial demand for Internetworking computers. The centerpiece of this history comes from unpublished interviews from the late 1980s with over 80 computing industry pioneers.

Table of Contents
  • Prelude to Change: Data Communications, 1949–1968
  • Onset of Competition: Data Communications, 1968–1972
  • Packet Switching and ARPANET: Networking, 1959–1972
  • Market Order: Data Communications, 1973–1979
  • Protocol Confusion: Networking, 1972–1979
  • Emergence of Local Area Networks: Networking, 1976–1981
  • The Chaos of Competition: Networking, 1981–1982
  • The Need for Standards: Networking, 1975–1984
  • Market Order: Networking, 1983–1986
  • Adaptation of Wide Area Networks: Data Communications, 1979–1986
  • Market Consolidation: Data Communications and Networking, 1986–1988
  • Government Support for Internetworking, 1983–1988
  • The Emergence of Internetworking, 1985–1988
  • Conclusions

Circuits Packets and Protocols

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      Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/04/2022
      ISBN13: 9781450397278, 978-1450397278
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of the entrepreneurs who were able to harness the energy of computer science researchers supported by governments and universities, and the tremendous commercial demand for Internetworking computers. The centerpiece of this history comes from unpublished interviews from the late 1980s with over 80 computing industry pioneers.

      Table of Contents
      • Prelude to Change: Data Communications, 1949–1968
      • Onset of Competition: Data Communications, 1968–1972
      • Packet Switching and ARPANET: Networking, 1959–1972
      • Market Order: Data Communications, 1973–1979
      • Protocol Confusion: Networking, 1972–1979
      • Emergence of Local Area Networks: Networking, 1976–1981
      • The Chaos of Competition: Networking, 1981–1982
      • The Need for Standards: Networking, 1975–1984
      • Market Order: Networking, 1983–1986
      • Adaptation of Wide Area Networks: Data Communications, 1979–1986
      • Market Consolidation: Data Communications and Networking, 1986–1988
      • Government Support for Internetworking, 1983–1988
      • The Emergence of Internetworking, 1985–1988
      • Conclusions

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