Information Technology Standards
Quest for the Common Byte
Published in March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-55558-131-2 (ISBN)
Description
This is an examination of information technology standards. The book discusses what they are, what they do, how they originate and how they evolve. The author points out that the government is not likely to be the best source for designing and promoting standards.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
947 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55558-131-2 (9781555581312)
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10/2013
Elsevier
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Content
What standards do; the open road; Unix; open systems interconnection; front-line manufacturing; computer-aided acquisition and logistic support; the Ada programming language; to the gigabaud station; ISDN; narrow and broad; a congress of libraries; so many standards, so little time.