The early history of packet switching in the UK [History of Communications]

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 18-26

  Kirstein, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Computers; Educational institutions; History; Local area networks; Packet switching; Switches

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING;

ARPANET; CAMBRIDGE; COMMUNITIES; DATA COMMUNICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; NATIONAL LEVELS; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORIES; NETWORK SERVICES; PACKET-SWITCHED; PACKET-SWITCHED SERVICES; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; UNITED KINGDOMS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 62149094308     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.4785372     Document Type: Article

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