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The Internet revolution by Hillstrom, Kevin, 1963-

Contents: “…Early origins of the internet -- Invention of the World Wide Web -- How the Internet works -- Opening the Internet for commerce -- The "Dot.Com Boom" goes bust -- The societal impact of the Internet -- The future of the Internet -- Marc Andreessen -- Tim Berners-Lee -- Sergey Brin and Larry Page -- Steve Case -- Vinton Cerf -- David Filo and Jerry Yang -- Robert Taylor -- Vinton Cerf recalls the early development of the Internet -- Steve Crocker launches the "Request for Comments" series -- A computer scientist describes the Internet worm of 1988 -- The first World Wide Web page with hypertext links -- Tim Berners-Lee remembers inventing the World Wide Web -- A librarian shares the joy of "Surfing" the Internet -- John Perry Barlow's "Declaration of Independence for Cyberspace" -- Bill Gates discusses the Internet's potential impact on education -- A newspaper columnist laments the dangers of the Internet.…”
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