The real “poor man’s Arpanet”? A conversation about Unix networks with Kilnam Chon, godfather of the Asian Internet
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13119034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Camille Paloque-Berges (0000-0003-0470-3849, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 376-388 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Internet Histories (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2470-1475 • E-ISSN: 2470-1483 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/24701475.2021.1982167 |
| OpenAlex | W3202364114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Chon is an archetypal figure of Internet pioneer – and more specifically of “Global connector”, as he is acknowledged in the Internet Hall of Fame. He is a computer scientist who, thanks to an exemplary international academic trajectory and good socio-professional and political connections, got an early taste of Internet technologies. He played a leading role when South Korea joined the global race in technological innovation, and is generally considered key to the entrance of the Internet on the Asian continent. I wanted to discuss with Chon about the hypothesis that himself and his peers from South Korea and Asia got a kickstart from Unix culture and did initially follow UUCP routes, in close connection with their Internet pioneering
Conversation · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · The Internet · Unix · World Wide Web · Advanced Data Storage Technologies · Communication · Computer Science · History of Computing Technologies · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |