The Scientific American special Issue on Communications, Computers, and Network, is a special issue of Scientific American dedicated to articles concerning impending changes to the internet in the period prior to the expansion and mainstreaming of the world wide web via Mosaic (web browser) and Netscape (web browser). This issue contained essays by a number of important computer science and internet pioneers. It bore the promotional cover title: Scientific American presents the September 1991 Single Copy Issue: Communications, Computers, and Networks Contents   Overviews   Academia   Topics   Basic topics   Glossaries   Portals   Categories // This is a list of academic disciplines. ... The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... For the scientific and engineering discipline studying computer networks, see Computer networking. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. ... Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. ... Scientific American is a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. ... Mosaic was the first popular World Wide Web browser and Gopher client. ... Netscape was a proprietary cross-platform Internet suite created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by AOL to continue the Netscape series after Netscape 6. ...

Reviews

University of California, Berkeley's September 1991 online journal, "Current Cites" commented: "Scientific American Special Issue on Communications, Computers and Networks 265(3) (September 1991): If you purchase a single issue of a magazine this year, this should be it. Filled with eleven articles by some of the biggest names in computer networking, this issue covers all bases and includes suggestions for further readings on the issues." ^[1] In addition, a 04 September 1991 post to the University of Houston's "Computer System's Forum" also recommends the issue stating: "These articles cover enough ground that I would recommend the issue to people getting ready to dive into the Internet or understand what is happening in networks these days."^[2] An additional post to this same forum on 21 August 1991, comments: "The authors are exceptional, including Mitch Kapor, Mark Weiser, Nicholas Negroponte, Alan Kay, Al Gore, and many others. An excellent issue." ^[3] Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... University of Houston redirects here. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Mitch Kapor Mitch Kapor (center) with Bill Gates and Fred Gibbons, during their time working on developing applications for the Apple Macintosh, 1984 Mitchell David Kapor (born 1950) is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the killer application often credited with making... Mark Weiser Mark Weiser (July 23, 1952 - April 27, 1999) was a chief scientist of Xerox PARC and widely considered to be the father of Ubiquitous computing (also known as Ubicomp) and Calm technology: Weiser was born in Harvey, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. ... Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born 1943) is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab. ... Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist, known for his early pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. ... This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ...

Response

Of this issue, the Electronic Frontier Foundation stated in the article Scientific American's September Issue to be Sent to All EFF Members in its September 1991 newsletter: EFF Logo The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a non-profit advocacy and legal organization based in the United States with the stated purpose of being dedicated to preserving free speech rights such as those protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in the context of today... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

This month's Scientific American ("Communications, Computers, and Networks") must surely represent the most complete collection of articles and commentary on all aspects of networking to date. As such we feel strongly that it should be made available to as many people as possible. Because of this, we have purchased a large number of copies of this issue that we will be using for various purposes over the coming year. The first use will be to deliver a free copy of to all our members. We are expecting the magazines to be delivered to us at the end of next week and they will go out to our members soon after. We realize that many of our members may already have a copy of their own, but if so we trust that they will use this extra copy to educate and enlighten someone else to the issues and potential of networking. ^[4]

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Table of Contents

• Gary Stix: "Profile: Information Theorist David A. Huffman" ^[5]
• Michael Dertouzos: "Communications, Computers and Networks"
• Vint Cerf: "Networks"
• Larry Tesler: "Networked Computing in the 1990s"
• Mark Weiser: "The Computer for the 21st Century" ^[6]
• Nicholas Negroponte: "Products and Services for Computer Networks"
• Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler: "Computers, Networks and Work"
• Thomas W. Malone and John F. Rockart: "Computers, Networks and the Corporation"
• Alan Kay: "Computers, Networks and Education" ^[7]

Computers, Networks and Public Policy Professor David A. Huffman (August 9, 1925 - October 7, 1999) was a pioneer in the Computer Science field. ... The late Michael L Dertouzos Michael L Dertouzos (1936 - 2001) was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (LCS) from 1974 to 2001. ... Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943) (last name pronounced just like the English word surf) is a American computer scientist who is commonly referred to as one of the founding fathers of the Internet for his key technical and managerial role, together with Bob Kahn, in the creation of... Lawrence G. (Larry) Tesler (born April 24, 1945) is a computer scientist working in the field of human-computer interaction. ... Mark Weiser Mark Weiser (July 23, 1952 - April 27, 1999) was a chief scientist of Xerox PARC and widely considered to be the father of Ubiquitous computing (also known as Ubicomp) and Calm technology: Weiser was born in Harvey, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. ... Nicholas Negroponte Nicholas Negroponte (born 1943) is an architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab. ... Thomas W. Malone is the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. ... Alan Curtis Kay (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist, known for his early pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. ...

• Al Gore: "Infrastructure for the Global Village"
• Anne W. Branscomb: "Common Law for the Electronic Frontier"
• Mitch Kapor: "Civil Liberties in Cyberspace" ^[8]

This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ... Mitch Kapor Mitch Kapor (center) with Bill Gates and Fred Gibbons, during their time working on developing applications for the Apple Macintosh, 1984 Mitchell David Kapor (born 1950) is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the killer application often credited with making...

See also

• History of the Internet

// In the fifties and early sixties, prior to the widespread inter-networking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the network. ...

Footnotes

References

• Scientific American September 1991 (Special Issue: Communications, Computers, and Networks), Volume 265, Number 3.

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External links

• UC Berkeley, "Current_Cites", Library Technology Watch Program - Sept. 1991
• University of Houston Computer Science Forum - Sept. 1991
• Overview of the issue - Humanist Discussion Group, Sept. 1991