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The Power of Networks
Christopher G. Brinton, Mung Chiang
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Informatik, EDV
Beschreibung
An accessible illustrated introducton to the networks we use every day, from Facebook and Google to WiFi and the Internet
What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods—and why does it matter? Is it really true that everyone on Facebook is connected in six steps or less? And how do cat videos—or anything else—go viral? The Power of Networks answers questions like these for the first time in a way that all of us can understand and use, whether at home, the office, or school. Using simple language, analogies, stories, hundreds of illustrations, and no more math than simple addition and multiplication, Christopher Brinton and Mung Chiang provide a smart but accessible introduction to the handful of big ideas that drive the technical and social networks we use every day—from cellular phone networks and cloud computing to the Internet and social media platforms.
The Power of Networks unifies these ideas through six fundamental principles of networking, which explain the difficulties in sharing network resources efficiently, how crowds can be wise or not so wise depending on the nature of their connections, how there are many building-blocks of layers in a network, and more. Understanding these simple ideas unlocks the workings of everything from the connections we make on Facebook to the technology that runs such platforms. Along the way, the authors also talk with and share the special insights of renowned experts such as Google's Eric Schmidt, former Verizon Wireless CEO Dennis Strigl, and "fathers of the Internet" Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.
Networks are everywhere. The Power of Networks shows how they work—and what understanding them can do for you.
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Pricing, Online advertising, Autonomous system (Internet), The Wisdom of Crowds, Telecommunication, Real-time communication, Protocol stack, Network address translation, Cost efficiency, FAST TCP, Internet backbone, Wi-Fi, Network topology, Raw data, Calculation, Exchange of information, Ethernet, NetworKing, Ranking (information retrieval), UMTS (telecommunication), Transmit (FTP client), Service provider, Computation, Packet switching, Throughput, Interface Message Processor, Server (computing), Communications protocol, Level of detail, Technology, Link-state routing protocol, Streaming media, Computing, AdWords, Power control, Throughput rate, Access network, Network dynamics, Time-sharing, Address space, Circuit switching, Network layer, Wireless network, E-commerce, Rounding, WiMAX, Encapsulation (networking), Telecommunications industry, Workstation, Illustration, Network performance, IP address, Data link layer, Information sharing, Network congestion, IPv6, Network effect, Information cascade, Dynamic programming, Link layer, Router (computing), Centrality, Network element, Internet forum, Multi-factor authentication, User Datagram Protocol, Value-added service, Retransmission (data networks), Website, Auction