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Protocol : how control exists after decentralization

Title
Protocol : how control exists after decentralization / Alexander R. Galloway.
Author
Galloway, Alexander R., 1974-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004], ©2004.
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Description
xxvi, 260 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
In 'Protocol' Alexander Galloway argues that the founding principle of the Net is control, not freedom, and that the controlling power lies in the technical protocols that make network connections (and disconnections) possible.
Series Statement
Leonardo
Uniform Title
Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
Subject
  • Computer networks > Security measures
  • Computer networks > Management
  • Computer network protocols
  • Electronic data processing > Distributed processing
  • Protocollen (informatica)
  • Programmeertalen
  • Culturele aspecten
  • Beheersing
  • Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Mesures
  • Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Gestion
  • Protocoles de réseaux d'ordinateurs
  • Traitement réparti
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword: Protocol is as Protocol Does / Eugene Thacker -- How Control Exists after Decentralization -- Physical Media -- Form -- Power -- Failures of Protocol -- Institutionalization -- Protocol Futures -- Hacking -- Tactical Media -- Internet Art.
ISBN
  • 0262072475 (alk. paper)
  • 9780262072472 (alk. paper)
  • 9780262572330
  • 0262572338
LCCN
2003060361
OCLC
  • ocm52901248
  • 52901248
  • SCSB-9572631
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries