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Internet Roadside Caf?, #4: History of the Internet

• 1996 ----- color ----- 30 min ----- vhs
• (Produced and donated by UW TV and Productions) Co-hosts Amy Philipson and Susan Brandt talk about the history of the Internet and interview some of the key people who helped make it happen. "Special of the Day": History of the Internet--Susan leads us through the history of the Internet. Hear from the people who were directly involved in its creation: Jon Postel, Associate Director for Networking, Information Sciences Institute; larry Roberts, President, ATM, Division of Connectware; Robert W. Taylor, Director, DEC System Research Center; "Story du Jour": Commerical On-lin Services and the Internet--What's the difference between the Internet and commercial on-line services? Amy gives us some background on how commercial services began and how they operate; "Blue Plate Special": Internet Search Tools--Learn about the search tools that are available and how they work, then hear from Eric Selberg and Oren Etzioni, authors of MetaCrawler, a search tool developed at the University of Washington; "Critic's Choice": Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing.
• Topics: (Computer Sciences)

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