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Tubes : a journey to the center of the internet / Andrew Blum

by Andrew Blum

This work explores the physical infrastructure of the internet, including undersea cables, data centres, and fibre-optic networks. It details the real-world locations and engineering systems that facilitate the material reality of global digital connectivity.

Accession 17020 ISBN 9780061994937 Publisher Ecco
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