Chiang, Mung.
Networked life : 20 questions and answers / Networked life: twenty questions and answers Mung Chiang. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xxvi, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
What makes CDMA work for my smartphone? -- How does Google sell ad space -- How does Google rank webpages? -- How does Netflix recommend movies -- When can I trust an average rating on Amazon? -- Why does Wikipedia even work? -- How do I viralize a YouTube video and tip a Groupon deal? -- How do I influence people on Facebook and Twitter? -- Can I really reach anyone in six steps? -- Does the internet have an achilles' heel? -- Why do AT&T and Verizon Wireless charge me $10 a GB? -- How can I pay less for each GB? -- How does traffic get through the internet? -- Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion? -- How can Skype and BitTorrent be free? -- What's inside the cloud of iCloud? -- IPTV and Netflix : how can the internet support video? -- Why is WiFi faster at home than at a hotspot? -- Why am I getting only a few % of the advertised 4G speed? -- Is it fair that my neighbor's iPad downloads faster?
9781107024946
2012288329
Internet users.
Internet and families.
Right to Internet access.
Communication--Network analysis.
Information technology--Mathematical models.
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing--Mathematical models.
Internet--Mathematical models.
Computer networks--Mathematical models.
Wireless communication systems--Mathematical models.
Computer engineering--Textbooks.
TK5105.5 / .C48226 2012
302.302 / Ch Ne
Networked life : 20 questions and answers / Networked life: twenty questions and answers Mung Chiang. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xxvi, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
What makes CDMA work for my smartphone? -- How does Google sell ad space -- How does Google rank webpages? -- How does Netflix recommend movies -- When can I trust an average rating on Amazon? -- Why does Wikipedia even work? -- How do I viralize a YouTube video and tip a Groupon deal? -- How do I influence people on Facebook and Twitter? -- Can I really reach anyone in six steps? -- Does the internet have an achilles' heel? -- Why do AT&T and Verizon Wireless charge me $10 a GB? -- How can I pay less for each GB? -- How does traffic get through the internet? -- Why doesn't the Internet collapse under congestion? -- How can Skype and BitTorrent be free? -- What's inside the cloud of iCloud? -- IPTV and Netflix : how can the internet support video? -- Why is WiFi faster at home than at a hotspot? -- Why am I getting only a few % of the advertised 4G speed? -- Is it fair that my neighbor's iPad downloads faster?
9781107024946
2012288329
Internet users.
Internet and families.
Right to Internet access.
Communication--Network analysis.
Information technology--Mathematical models.
Electronic data processing--Distributed processing--Mathematical models.
Internet--Mathematical models.
Computer networks--Mathematical models.
Wireless communication systems--Mathematical models.
Computer engineering--Textbooks.
TK5105.5 / .C48226 2012
302.302 / Ch Ne