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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691208480 (pbk.) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
005.13 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
"You are not expected to understand this" : |
| Remainder of title |
how 26 lines of code changed the world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
edited by Torie Bosch ; with an introduction by Ellen Ullman and Illustrations by Kelly Chudler. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
You are not expected to understand this |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
How twenty six lines of code changed the world |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Princeton : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 202 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
1. The First Line of Code -- |
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2. Monte Carlo Algorithms: Random Numbers in Computing from the H-Bomb to Today -- |
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3. Jean Sammet and the Code That Runs the World -- |
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4. Spacewar: Collaborative Coding and the Rise of Gaming Culture -- |
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5. BASIC and the Illusion of Coding Empowerment -- |
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6. The First Email: The Code That Connected Us Online -- |
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7. The Police Beat Algorithm: The Code That Launched Computational Policing and Modern Racial Profiling -- |
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8. "Apollo 11, Do Bailout" -- |
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9. The Most Famous Comment in Unix History: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This" -- |
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10. The Accidental Felon -- |
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11. Internet Relay Chat: From Fish-Slap to LOL -- |
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12. Hyperlink: The Idea That Led to Another, and Another, and Another -- |
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13. JPEG: The Unsung Hero in the Digital Revolution -- |
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14. The Viral Internet Image You've Never Seen -- |
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15. The Pop-Up Ad: The Code That Made the Internet Worse -- |
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16. Wear This Code, Go to Jail -- |
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17. Needles in the World's Biggest Haystack: The Algorithm That Ranked the Internet -- |
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18. A Failure to Interoperate: The Lost Mars Climate Orbiter -- |
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19. The Code That Launched a Million Cat Videos -- |
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20. Nakamoto's Prophecy: Bitcoin and the Revolution in Trust -- |
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21. The Curse of the Awesome Button -- |
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22. The Bug No One Was Responsible For, Until Everyone Was -- |
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23. The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal: How Digital Systems Can Be Used to Cheat -- |
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24 The Code That Brought a Language Online -- |
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25. Telegram: The Platform That Became "the Internet" in Iran -- |
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26. Encoding Gender. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life -- for better or worse. Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word "code" makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. "You Are Not Expected to Understand This" demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result of very human decisions, ones we all live with when we use social media, take photos, drive our cars, and engage in a host of other activities. Everything from law enforcement to space exploration relies on code written by people who, at the time, made choices and assumptions that would have long-lasting, profound implications for society. Torie Bosch brings together many of today's leading technology experts to provide new perspectives on the codes that shape our lives. Contributors discuss a host of topics, such as how university databases were programmed long ago to accept only two genders, what the person who programmed the very first pop-up ad was thinking at the time, the first computer worm, the Bitcoin white paper, and perhaps the most famous seven words in Unix history: "You are not expected to understand this." This compelling book tells the human stories behind programming, enabling those of us who don't think much about code to recognize its importance, and those who work with it every day to better understand the long-term effects of the decisions they make. With contributions by Mahsa Alimardani, Elena Botella, Meredith Broussard, David Cassel, Arthur Daemmrich, Charles Duan, Quinn DuPont, Claire L. Evans, Hany Farid, James Grimmelmann, Katie Hafner, Susan C. Herring, Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana, Lowen Liu, John MacCormick, Brian McCullough, Charlton McIlwain, Lily Hay Newman, Margaret O'Mara, Will Oremus, Nicholas Partridge, Benjamin Pope, Joy Lisi Rankin, Afsaneh Rigot, Ellen Stofan, Ellen Ullman, Lee Vinsel, Josephine Wolff, and Ethan Zuckerman. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Computer programming |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
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218981 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Computer science |
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Social aspects |
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Popular works. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218982 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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COMPUTERS / Programming / General. |
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bisacsh |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218983 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies. |
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bisacsh |
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218984 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Computer programming. |
| Source of heading or term |
fast |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218985 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Popular works. |
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fast |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bosch, Torie, |
| Relator term |
editor. |
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218987 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ullman, Ellen, |
| Relator term |
writer of introduction. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218988 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chudler, Kelly S., |
| Relator term |
illustrator. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
218989 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| -- |
218986 |
