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A brief history of the internet

The work

AuthorsB. M. Leiner; V. G. Cerf; D. D. Clark; R. E. Kahn; L. Kleinrock; D. C. Lynch; J. Postel; L. G. Roberts; S. Wolff
Editors
Typemisc
Year2009
Also known asanon2009brief
Citekeyleiner2009brief

Where it appeared

PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)

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@misc{leiner2009brief,
  title        = {A brief history of the internet},
  author       = {B. M. Leiner and V. G. Cerf and D. D. Clark and R. E. Kahn and L. Kleinrock and D. C. Lynch and J. Postel and L. G. Roberts and S. Wolff},
  year         = {2009},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
  doi          = {10.1145/1629607.1629613},
}

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