A material history of bits

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1042-1057

  Blanchette, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MEDIA; DIGITAL INFORMATION; MATERIAL OBJECTS; MATERIAL PROCESS; OPTICAL DISKS; PHYSICAL DEVICES; SCHOLARLY RESEARCH; SIGNAL CARRIERS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 79956113939     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21542     Document Type: Article

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