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Leader LDR cam a 00
Control # 1 hbl99028880
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20220210192000.0
Fixed Data 8 070914s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2007038084
ISBN 20    $a9780393062281 (hardcover) :$c$25.95
ISBN 20    $a0393062287 (hardcover) :$c$25.95
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)ocn154706854
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)154706854
Obsolete 39    $a242182$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dBAKER$dUKM$dC#P$dJP3$dBWX$dBUR$dZJI$dDLC$dGCG
LC Call 50 00 $aQA76.9.C66$bC38 2008
Dewey Class 82 00 $a303.48/34$222
ME:Pers Name 100 $aCarr, Nicholas G.,$d1959-
Title 245 14 $aThe big switch :$brewiring the world, from Edison to Google /$cNicholas Carr.
Title:Varint 246 30 $aRewiring the world, from Edison to Google
Edition 250    $a1st ed.
Imprint 260    $aNew York :$bW. W. Norton & Co.,$cc2008.
Phys Descrpt 300    $avii, 278 p. ;$c25 cm.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-260) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aBurden's wheel -- The inventor and his clerk -- Digital millwork -- Goodbye, Bill Gates -- The White City -- World Wide Computer -- From the many to the few -- The great unbundling -- Fighting the net -- A spider's web -- iGod -- Flame and filament.
Abstract 520    $aA hundred years ago, companies stopped producing their own power with steam engines and plugged into the newly built electric grid. The cheap power pumped out by electric utilities not only changed how businesses operated but also brought the modern world into existence. Today a similar revolution is under way. Companies are dismantling their private computer systems and tapping into rich services delivered over the Internet. This time it's computing that's turning into a utility. The shift is already remaking the computer industry, bringing new competitors like Google to the fore and threatening traditional stalwarts like Microsoft and Dell. But the effects will reach much further. Cheap computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did. Here, business journalist Carr weaves together history, economics, and technology to explain why computing is changing--and what it means for all of us.--From publisher description.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aComputers and civilization.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aInformation technology$xSocial aspects.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aTechnological innovations.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aInternet.