Digital Universe: The Global Telecommunication Revolution

Index

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 152–3, 157, 166, 185

adult content, 95, 150–3, 165–6, 168–71, 174, 177–8, 185

Alohanet, 66–7

Altair 8800, 70, 71, 74–5

Alto, 73, 131, 135

America Online (AOL), 92–4, 97, 100

Apple, 59, 132, 135–6, 140, 142, 217, 220–1, 240, 241, 257, 260

see also Jobs, Steve

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 10, 28, 43–4, 51–3, 55, 57, 59–61, 63, 66–9, 71–2, 76, 85, 88, 133, 148, 237, 249–50

see also ARPANET; DARPA

ARPANET, 10, 28, 50–64, 66–73, 75–8, 80, 88–9, 133, 148, 155, 158, 198, 233, 250

first public demonstration of, 58–60, 63, 66, 71

see also ARPA

artificial intelligence (AI), xiii, 4, 19, 35–6, 54–5, 196, 235, 255, 257–69

AT&T, 49, 57, 59, 63, 69, 71, 73, 119, 187, 221, 235

see also telephone

Atlantic cable, 110–16, 118, 123–5

augmented human intelligence, 53, 257–9, 265

augmented reality (AR), xiii

see also virtual reality automobile, 15, 18, 61, 180, 216, 222–5, 238

Baran, Paul, 48–50, 57, 61

Barlow, John Perry, 151–2, 156, 165–6

Berners-Lee, Tim, 8, 11, 13, 77, 89–93, 100, 257–8

see also hypermedia; hypertext

Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), 28, 55, 59, 63, 66, 71–2

Brand, Stewart, 61, 145–6, 149, 151, 164, 250

Bush, Vannevar, 8, 13, 84–7, 89, 91, 99, 233, 257–8

cable Internet access, see Internet, and worldwide cable network

cabling, see wiring

CAD (computer-aided design), xiii, 134, 233

Cailliau, Robert, 90–1

Cambridge University, 89

Carnegie Tech, 52, 232

cell phone, see mobile phone censorship, 11, 150–3, 162–4, 168–85, 254 ...