Index

ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 1523, 157, 166, 185

adult content, 95, 1503, 1656, 16871, 174, 1778, 185

Alohanet, 667

Altair 8800, 70, 71, 745

Alto, 73, 131, 135

America Online (AOL), 924, 97, 100

Apple, 59, 132, 1356, 140, 142, 217, 2201, 240, 241, 257, 260

see also Jobs, Steve

ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency), 10, 28, 434, 513, 55, 57, 5961, 63, 669, 712, 76, 85, 88, 133, 148, 237, 24950

see also ARPANET; DARPA

ARPANET, 10, 28, 5064, 6673, 758, 80, 889, 133, 148, 155, 158, 198, 233, 250

first public demonstration of, 5860, 63, 66, 71

see also ARPA

artificial intelligence (AI), xiii, 4, 19, 356, 545, 196, 235, 255, 25769

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

see also telephone

Atlantic cable, 11016, 118, 1235

augmented human intelligence, 53, 2579, 265

augmented reality (AR), xiii

see also virtual reality automobile, 15, 18, 61, 180, 216, 2225, 238

Baran, Paul, 4850, 57, 61

Barlow, John Perry, 1512, 156, 1656

Berners-Lee, Tim, 8, 11, 13, 77, 8993, 100, 2578

see also hypermedia; hypertext

Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), 28, 55, 59, 63, 66, 712

Brand, Stewart, 61, 1456, 149, 151, 164, 250

Bush, Vannevar, 8, 13, 847, 89, 91, 99, 233, 2578

cable Internet access, see Internet, and worldwide cable network

cabling, see wiring

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

Cailliau, Robert, 901

Cambridge University, 89

Carnegie Tech, 52, 232

cell phone, see mobile phone censorship, 11, 1503, 1624, 16885, 254 ...

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