Networked life : 20 questions and answers / Mung Chiang.
By: Chiang, Mung
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xxvi, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781107024946.Other title: Networked life: twenty questions and answers.Subject(s): 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 -- TextbooksDDC classification: 302.302 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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?
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