10 ELECTRONIC NEIGHBOURHOODS: COMMUNICATING POWER IN COMPUTER-BASED NETWORKS
Lynda Davies and Wayne Harvey
Computer-based networks (CBNs) in this information age are so prevalent and pervasive that they are virtually invisible to all except those who implement them. Used as an alternative to other slower, manual methods, they are essentially a system for the direct transfer of data between separate computers. The technology which allows this interconnection to occur is simple in concept whilst complex in implementation. It is becoming so widespread that it is feasible to consider that within not very many years almost every computer on the planet will be interconnected in a global network. This chapter describes CBN—the network as an entity; ...
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