The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 2

Laura Lambert, Chris Woodford, Christos J. P. Moschovitis

ABC-CLIO, 2005 - Science - 282 pages

Two hundred entries offer profiles of key figures; essays on such topics as cookies, content filtering, and digital libraries; and a chronology beginning with the prehistory of the Internet from 1843-1956 and concluding with the 2004 presidential campaign.

Contents

• Marc Andreessen 1971: 1
• John Perry Barlow 1947: 8
• Tim BernersLee 1955: 15
• Jeff Bezos 1964: 22
• Anita Borg 19492003: 28
• Stewart Brand 1938: 39
• Sergey Brin 1973 and Larry Page 1972: 46
• Steve Case 1958: 53
• Vinton Cerf1943: 59
• Sky Dayton 1971: 65
• Dorothy Denning 1945: 71
• Whitfield Diffie 1944: 77
• John T Draper aka Capn Crunch 1943?: 83
• Esther Dyson 1951: 88
• Shawn Fanning 1980: 94
• Bill Gates 1955: 101
• William Gibson 1948: 109
• John Gilmore 1955: 115
• Rob Glaser 1962: 120
• Charles Goldfarb 1939: 126
• James Gosling 1956: 132
• William Joy 1954: 137
• Robert Kahn 1938: 143
• Lawrence Lessig 1961: 149
• JCR Licklider 19151990: 156
• Pattie Maes1961: 162
• Marshall McLuhan 19111980: 168
• Robert Metcalfe 1946: 174
• Kevin Mitnick 1963: 180
• Ted Nelson 1937: 186
• Jakob Nielsen 1957: 191
• Jonathan Postel 19431998: 197
• Lawrence Roberts 1937: 204
• Aliza Sherman 1968: 209
• Richard Stallman 1953: 214
• Bruce Sterling 1954: 220
• RobertTaylor1932: 227
• Linus Torvalds 1969: 232
• AnnWinblad 1950: 238
• JerryYang 1968 and David Filo 1966: 243
• Acronyms: 251
• Glossary: 253
• Index: 257
• About the Author: 267

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About the author

Laura Lambert is a professional writer living in New York City.

Chris Woodford is a professional writer specializing in science and technology.

Hilary W. Poole is a professional editor and author.

Christos J. P. Moschovitis is founder and CEO of tmg-e*media in New York, NY.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 2; The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia, Christos J. P. Moschovitis
• Authors: Laura Lambert, Chris Woodford, Christos J. P. Moschovitis
• Editors: Hilary W. Poole, Laura Lambert, Chris Woodford, Christos J. P. Moschovitis
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2005
• ISBN: 1851096590, 9781851096596
• Length: 282 pages
• Subjects: Science / Environmental Science