A Prehistory of the Cloud

by Tung-Hui Hu

Book Overview

The militarized legacy of the digital cloud: how the cloud grew out of older network technologies and politics.

We may imagine the digital cloud as placeless, mute, ethereal, and unmediated. Yet the reality of the cloud is embodied in thousands of massive data centers, any one of which can use as much electricity as a midsized town. Even all these data centers are only one small part of the cloud. Behind that cloud-shaped icon on our screens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01MRQ6GIC
• ISBN13: 9780262529969
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher