The slide towards decentralization: Clock and computer

Media, Culture & Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-374

  Sawhney, Harmeet ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clock; computer; coordination; decentralization; synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942559166     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443704042257     Document Type: Article

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