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Title:

Nerds 2.0.1 [videorecording] : a brief history of the Internet / a production of Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Warner Home Videodistributor,
Warner Home Videodistributor,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

3 videocassettes (180 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

United States.--Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Internet (Computer network)--History.
Computer industry--History.
Computer engineering--History.
Computers--History.
Computer networks--History.
Information superhighway--History.
World Wide Web (Information retrieval system)--History.

Other Authors:

Segaller, Stephen.
Cringely, Robert X.
Metcalfe, Robert M., 1946-
Oregon Public Broadcasting.
PBS Video.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

Networking the nerds.
Connecting the suits.
Wiring the world.

Notes:

Host: Robert X. Cringely.

Contents:

Networking the nerds -- Serving the suits -- Wiring the world.

Summary:

A three part series examining the ins and outs of one of the most volatile industries: the Internet. The first episode, Networking the nerds, examines how the seeds of the Internet were planted by Sputnik. The second episode, Connecting the suits, examines the advent of the PC and the need to connect them all to a network. The third episode, Wiring the world, visits Excite, a typical Silicon Valley entreprenurial adventure, as well as describing how the Internet became a comfortable environment to do business, chat, and go shopping.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40419072

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)