Graz, Austria

Internet of Things

Master's
Language: EnglishStudies in English
University website: www.tugraz.at
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The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, telephony, and file sharing.
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A year ago I was the original Internet Dummy. [...] Then while I was on vacation, a colleague ran some telephone wire into the back of my computer, loaded a communications package, and left me a note about how to launch the operation.
Readers, that note is now framed in my office. Eventually that telephone wire led to the Internet and the single most amazing, entertaining and educational experience of my career.
Quite simply, the Internet has revolutionized the way I interact with the outside world, altered my work habits, and burst the bubble around my PC. It has also challenged my thinking about the future of personal communications technology. And I believe that sooner — rather than later — these changes will be mapped onto society as a whole.
Paul McCloskey, executive editor of "Federal Computer Week", in the introduction to The Internet for Dummies (1993)
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The internet is like a big circus tent full of scary, boring creatures and pornography.
Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka, speaking at the University of Illinois
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Even if you do go into a coma, you can still keep posting to Usenet — everyone else does.
Lance Olkovick, Usenet article <33ef28ff.19084240@newsserver.sfu.ca> (1997)
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