The internet stack /
The stack--the conduit between our digital and physical worlds--is the elusive, mysterious, and least-understood part of the internet. Amrit Tiwana takes us on a journey through this gritty reality. The book begins with its breathtaking physical layer, laden with geography, luck, and history dating...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | MIT Press essential knowledge series.
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| Summary: | The stack--the conduit between our digital and physical worlds--is the elusive, mysterious, and least-understood part of the internet. Amrit Tiwana takes us on a journey through this gritty reality. The book begins with its breathtaking physical layer, laden with geography, luck, and history dating to the Civil War era. Then it shows us how most Internet traffic flows deep undersea as laser beams, not up in the "cloud" via satellites. It goes on to explore how the stack constructs and deconstructs "packets" layer-by-layer, how these packets travel over rickety paths, and how the stack can assimilate stuff that has yet to be invented. Finally, it discusses how we construct resilience out of fragile parts and how quantum computing might affect the stack. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (111 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262385176 (electronic bk.) 9780262385169 0262385163 0262385171 |