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Janet Abbate (born June 3, 1962) is an associate professor of science, technology, and society at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on the history of computer science and the Internet , particularly on the participation of women in the field .
Making the CISCO Connection: The Story Behind the Real Internet Superpower. Wiley. Cailliau, Robert; Gillies, James (2000). How the Web Was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-286207-5. Carpenter, Phil (2000). eBrands: Building an Internet Business at Breakneck Speed. Harvard Business. Carr, Nicholas G ...
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (1915–1990) was a faculty member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and researcher at Bolt, Beranek and Newman.He developed the idea of a universal computer network at the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) of the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).
Janet Abbate's 1999 book Inventing the Internet was widely reviewed as an important work on the history of computing and networking, particularly in highlighting the role of social dynamics and of non-American participation in early networking development. [210] [211] The book was also praised for its use of archival resources to tell the ...
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
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The history of the Internet originated in the efforts of scientists and engineers to build and interconnect computer networks.The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet, arose from research and development in the United States and involved international collaboration, particularly with researchers in the United Kingdom and France.
Will Smith and his "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" co-star Janet Hubert, who played Aunt Viv, reunited as they read from her book at an Embrace Girls Foundation event.