Cool Tech

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Cool Tech is a thrilling journey through the physical side of the virtual world. Marvel at the technology that keeps you connected, from the ships installing lines deep in the ocean, the robots locating wire breaks, the satellites beaming signals across the earth, the teams retrieving and splicing lines together, to the servers directing and feeding internet traffic around the world. Plus, take a look back at the history of the internet, exploring the people and inventions that led to its creation and tour a virtual museum to see how the technology has progressed over the years changing the lives of ordinary people everywhere.

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  • Year: 2,011

  • Pages: 146

  • Pages In File: 146

  • Language: English

  • Topic: 187

  • Issue: 2011 12 30

  • Identifier: 0756682703,9780756682705

  • Paginated: 1

  • Org File Size: 35,803,918

  • Extension: pdf

  • Tags: Библиотека Литература для детей и родителей Развивающая литература

  • Toc: Contents......Page 6 Calculators and computers......Page 8 The great brain......Page 10 Grace Hopper......Page 12 Evolution of the computer......Page 14 A vision of the future......Page 16 Early home computing......Page 18 Laptop......Page 21 Networks......Page 22 Inventing the World Wide Web......Page 24 Undersea cables......Page 26 Internet traffic......Page 28 Silicon Valley......Page 30 Bill Gates......Page 33 How Apple grew......Page 34 What’s behind a website?......Page 36 What do search engines do?......Page 38 Who invented Google?......Page 40 Server farm......Page 42 Our time online......Page 44 Social networking......Page 46 Mark Zucker

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