The convergence of telecommunications and computing: What are the implications today?

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1167-1186

  Messerschmitt, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECONFERENCING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INFRASTRUCTURE; USER TO INFORMATION SERVER APPLICATIONS; USER TO USER APPLICATIONS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030213609     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.533962     Document Type: Article

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