Mit Project Athena: A Model for Distributed Campus Computing - Couverture rigide

Champine, George A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1555580726 ISBN 13 : 9781555580728

Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

Based on thousands of pages of reports and the author's own experience, this book covers the design, implementation and performance of Project Athena - a production system of networked workstations that is intended to replace time-sharing as the preferred model of computing at MIT. The book is divided into four parts, covering management, pedagogy, technology and administration. Appendixes describe the deployment of Project Athena systems at five other schools, provide guidelines for installation and recommend end-user policies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A hands-on account of the design, implementation, and performance of Project Athena. Based on thousands of pages of reports and the author's own experience, this important book lets you in on the design, implementation, and performance of Project Athena - now a production system of networked workstations that is replacing time-sharing (which MIT also pioneered) as the preferred model of computing at MIT. The book is organized in four parts, covering management, pedagogy, technology, and administration. Appendixes describe deployment of Project Athena systems at five other schools, provide guidelines for installation, and recommend end-user policies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1555580726
• ISBN 13: 9781555580728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible