The Resource The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google, Nicholas Carr
The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google, Nicholas Carr
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- Summary
- A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it's computing that's turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and Dell. But the effects will reach much further. Cheap computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. Here, business journalist Carr weaves together history, economics, and technology to explain why computing is changing--and what it means for all of us.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- vii, 278 p.
- Contents
-
- A doorway in Boston
- Burden's wheel
- The inventor and his clerk
- Digital millwork
- Goodbye, Mr. Gates
- The White City
- World Wide Computer
- From the many to the few
- The great unbundling
- Fighting the net
- A spider's web
- iGod
- Flame and filament
- Isbn
- 9780393062281
- Label
- The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google
- Title
- The big switch
- Title remainder
- rewiring the world, from Edison to Google
- Statement of responsibility
- Nicholas Carr
- Title variation
- Rewiring the world, from Edison to Google
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it's computing that's turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and Dell. But the effects will reach much further. Cheap computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. Here, business journalist Carr weaves together history, economics, and technology to explain why computing is changing--and what it means for all of us.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carr, Nicholas G.
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA76.9.C66
- LC item number
- C38 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Computers and civilization
- Information technology
- Technological innovations
- Internet
- Informatietechnologie
- Internet
- Technische vernieuwing
- Economische aspecten
- Sociale verandering
- Cultuurverandering
- Label
- The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google, Nicholas Carr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index
- Contents
- A doorway in Boston -- Burden's wheel -- The inventor and his clerk -- Digital millwork -- Goodbye, Mr. Gates -- The White City -- World Wide Computer -- From the many to the few -- The great unbundling -- Fighting the net -- A spider's web -- iGod -- Flame and filament
- Control code
- 154706854
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- vii, 278 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393062281
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007038084
- System control number
- (OCoLC)154706854
- Label
- The big switch : rewiring the world, from Edison to Google, Nicholas Carr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index
- Contents
- A doorway in Boston -- Burden's wheel -- The inventor and his clerk -- Digital millwork -- Goodbye, Mr. Gates -- The White City -- World Wide Computer -- From the many to the few -- The great unbundling -- Fighting the net -- A spider's web -- iGod -- Flame and filament
- Control code
- 154706854
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- vii, 278 p.
- Isbn
- 9780393062281
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2007038084
- System control number
- (OCoLC)154706854
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