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A Prehistory of the Cloud

Paperback • 2016 • English

A Prehistory of the Cloud

By Tung-Hui Hu

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About the book

The militarized legacy of the digital cloud: how the cloud grew out of older network technologies and politics.We may imagine the digital cloud as placeless, mute, ethereal, and unmediated. Yet the reality of the cloud is embodied in thousands of massive data centers, any one of which can use as much electricity as a midsized town. Even all these data centers are only one small part of the cloud. Behind that cloud-shaped icon on our screens is a whole universe of technologies and cultural norms,...Show more

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9780262529969

Publisher

MIT Press Ltd

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

A Prehistory of the Cloud

Format

Paperback

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