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History of the Internet and WWW

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.
  • Computers/Information Technology
  • Contemporary (Post-WWII)
  • Personal
  • Secondary Source
URL: 

http://www.netvalley.com/intval.html

Author: 
Gregory Gromov
Excerpt: 

From the beginning of IT-history, a great deal of the IT key-solutions have been reaching worldwide market from California's Silicon Valley. There are several different approaches to describe this general IT-tendency.

Annotation: 

This is a thorough analysis of the the history of the internet and the world wide web, often as told through the voices of inventors, early users, developers, engineers and others. Though the site is postmodern in nature - it has nine naratives which can be read together or seperately and fonts and colors change with some regularity, the information is accessible and rarely technical. Narratives are complimented by sketchs, maps, images and links to related sites with greater detail about specific subjects (like key individuals and events). The site has gotten many and consistent positive reviews and should be useful for those researching the history of the internet and world wide web.

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