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Protocol :

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0262072475

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026227342X

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1417560487

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9780262072472

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9780262273428

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9781417560486

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0262072475

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0262572338

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9780262072472

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9780262572330

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Protocol :

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[Book]

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how control exists after decentralization /

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexander R. Galloway.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2004]

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©2004

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1 online resource (xxvi, 260 pages) :

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illustrations.

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Leonardo

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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I. How control exists after decentralization -- II. Failures of protocol -- III. Protocol futures.

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How control exists after decentralization--Is the Internet a vast arena of unrestricted communication and freely exchanged information or a regulated, highly structured virtual bureaucracy? In Protocol, Alexander Galloway argues that the founding principle of the Net is control, not freedom, and that the controlling power lies in the technical protocols that make network connections (and disconnections) possible. He does this by treating the computer as a textual medium that is based on a technological language, code. Code, he argues, can be subject to the same kind of cultural and literary analysis as any natural language; computer languages have their own syntax, grammar, communities, and cultures. Instead of relying on established theoretical approaches, Galloway finds a new way to write about digital media, drawing on his backgrounds in computer programming and critical theory. "Discipline-hopping is a necessity when it comes to complicated socio-technical topics like protocol," he writes in the preface.Galloway begins by examining the types of protocols that exist, including TCP/IP, DNS, and HTML. He then looks at examples of resistance and subversion--hackers, viruses, cyberfeminism, Internet art--which he views as emblematic of the larger transformations now taking place within digital culture. Written for a nontechnical audience, Protocol serves as a necessary counterpoint to the wildly utopian visions of the Net that were so widespread in earlier days.

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MIT Press

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MIT Press

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5658

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9780262273428

Title

Protocol.

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0262072475

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How control exists after decentralization

Computer network protocols.

Computer networks-- Management.

Computer networks-- Security measures.

Electronic data processing-- Distributed processing.

Protocoles de réseaux d'ordinateurs.

Réseaux d'ordinateurs-- Gestion.

Réseaux d'ordinateurs-- Sécurité-- Mesures.

Traitement réparti.

Beheersing.

Computer network protocols.

Computer network protocols.

Computer networks-- Management.

Computer networks-- Management.

Computer networks-- Security measures.

Computer networks-- Security measures.

COMPUTERS-- Internet-- Security.

COMPUTERS-- Networking-- Security.

COMPUTERS-- Security-- General.

Culturele aspecten.

Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Electronic data processing-- Distributed processing.

Electronic data processing-- Distributed processing.

Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Programmeertalen.

Protocollen (informatica)

Telecommunications.

COM-- 043050

COM-- 053000

COM-- 060040

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Galloway, Alexander R.,1974-

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20201207061848.0

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