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Internet daemons : digital communications possessed Fenwick McKelvey

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Electronic mediations ; 56Publication details: Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, c2018.Description: xi, 320 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781517901547
  • 9781517901530
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 006.76 MC IN
Online resources: Summary: We’re used to talking about how tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon rule the internet, but what about daemons? Ubiquitous programs that have colonized the Net’s infrastructure—as well as the devices we use to access it—daemons are little known. Fenwick McKelvey weaves together history, theory, and policy to give a full account of where daemons come from and how they influence our lives—including their role in hot-button issues like network neutrality.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 006.76 MC IN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Feb2019 T0061732

Includes bibliographical references and index.

We’re used to talking about how tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon rule the internet, but what about daemons? Ubiquitous programs that have colonized the Net’s infrastructure—as well as the devices we use to access it—daemons are little known. Fenwick McKelvey weaves together history, theory, and policy to give a full account of where daemons come from and how they influence our lives—including their role in hot-button issues like network neutrality.

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