The Internet Stack - (MIT Press Essential Knowledge) by Amrit Tiwana (Paperback)

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An accessible journey through the seam that connects the digital world of the Internet to our physical world.
About the Author: Amrit Tiwana is the Fuqua Distinguished Chair of Internet Strategy at the University of Georgia.
208 Pages
Computers + Internet, Internet
Series Name: MIT Press Essential Knowledge

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An accessible journey through the seam that connects the digital world of the Internet to our physical world.

The stack--the conduit between our digital and physical worlds--is the elusive, mysterious, and least-understood part of the Internet. In the five seconds it took you to read that, 100 quadrillion bits of data just whizzed through the stack. Our metaphors--cloud, virtual, cyber--blind us to the incredible reality: The Internet is a physical thing: dingy, wet, and rusty. In The Stack, Amrit Tiwana takes us on a journey through this gritty reality.

The book begins with its breathtaking physical layer, laden with geography, luck, and history dating to the Civil War era. Then it shows us how most Internet traffic flows deep undersea as laser beams, not up in the "cloud" via satellites. It goes on to explore how the stack constructs and deconstructs "packets" layer-by-layer, how these packets travel over rickety paths, and how the stack can assimilate stuff that has yet to be invented. Finally, it discusses how we construct resilience out of fragile parts and how quantum computing might affect the stack.

About the Author

Amrit Tiwana is the Fuqua Distinguished Chair of Internet Strategy at the University of Georgia. He previously served on the faculty of Emory University and Iowa State University.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W)

Weight: .81 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 208

Genre: Computers + Internet

Sub-Genre: Internet

Series Title: MIT Press Essential Knowledge

Publisher: MIT Press

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Amrit Tiwana

Language: English

Street Date: September 16, 2025

TCIN: 94566245

UPC: 9780262553629

Item Number (DPCI): 247-36-2288

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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