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Broad Band

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by Claire L. Evans


  Control Data Corporation, 178

  Cosmopolitan, 75, 76, 77, 216, 217

  Cosmo Virtual Makeover, 233

  Courant, Richard, 28, 31, 32

  Cronkite, Walter, 60

  Cross, Katherine, 241

  Crowther, Patricia, 84–94, 110

  Crowther, Will, 86–94, 110

  Curtis, Pavel, 143

  “cyber,” 239

  cyberfeminism, 237–42

  Cyberfeminist Manifesto for the 21st Century, 237–38, 239

  Cybergrrl.com, 131, 214

  Cyber Rag, 182–85, 183, 188, 195

  CyberSlacker (cartoon), 197–99

  CyberSlacker parties, 186, 187, 192

  Cyberville (Horn), 134, 150, 151

  CyberVision, 224–25

  cypherpunks, 102

  da Rimini, Francesca, 237, 239

  Darwin, Charles, 16

  data, 174

  metadata, 159, 174

  Dateline, 195

  Davidson, Deborah, 73

  Deadheads, 133, 134, 140, 180

  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 110, 130; see also ARPANET

  Defense Communications Agency, 130

  De Morgan, Augustus, 16

  Department of Defense (DoD), 69–71, 110, 112, 115

  Advanced Research Projects Agency, 110, 130; see also ARPANET

  Dickens, Charles, 16

  Difference Engine, 13, 16–18, 42, 74

  differential analyzer, 40, 41

  Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), 125, 126

  Dijkstra, Edsger W., 71

  Disney, 232

  Distributed Link Service, 173

  domains, 120–21

  Domesday Book, 155–56, 158

  Domesday Discs, 156–58

  dot-com bubble, 146, 186, 189, 191, 192, 193, 204, 205, 241

  FuckedCompany.com and, 218–19

  stock market crash and, 198–200, 201

  Duncan, Theresa, 233

  Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), 88, 89

  Echo, 134–52, 138, 153, 178, 180–81, 187, 202–3, 205, 209

  BITCH, 142

  Bowe and, 180–81, 188

  Embraceable Ewe and, 142, 144

  hosts of, 148–49

  simulcasting on, 150

  Women in Telecommunications (WIT), 141–42, 144, 205

  Eckert, J. Presper “Pres,” 40–42, 45–46, 49, 51, 55, 57, 79

  Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), 55–63, 73

  e-commerce, 216–17

  commercialization of Web, 204–5, 217, 241

  see also advertising

  Ecos, 104

  Edison, Thomas, 35

  Einstein, Albert, 36

  Eisenberg, Rebecca, 234

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 60

  Electronic Hollywood (company), 195–99, 201

  Electronic Hollywood (magazine), 183–86

  electronic publishing, 184, 186, 188, 201–3

  Cyber Rag, 182–85, 183, 188, 195

  Electronic Hollywood, 183–86

  Suck.com, 194, 201–2

  Women’s WIRE and, 211–13

  Word, 188–95, 201–3, 205, 214, 215

  e-mail, 110, 116, 121, 130, 137, 170, 179

  Embraceable Ewe, 142, 144

  EMCC (Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation), 55–63, 73

  Engelbart, Douglas, 111–12, 115, 154, 210

  engineering, 77, 124

  software, use of term, 77–78, 93

  ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), 38–52, 45, 54–56, 66, 79

  programming of, 44–52, 79

  toy, 223–24

  unveiling of, 47–51

  ENIAC Six, 39–52, 54, 55

  Ensmenger, Nathan, 78

  Esquire, 184

  Ethernet, 126, 128

  Evans, Nancy, 219

  Facebook, 139, 141, 148, 149, 151, 210

  Faraday, Michael, 16

  Farm, The, 132–33

  Farnsworth, Philo, 41

  Feinler, Elizabeth “Jake,” 111–24, 114, 129, 154, 166, 210, 242

  Felsenstein, Lee, 99, 101–4

  feminism, 205, 217, 221, 233, 235, 239

  cyberfeminism, 237–42

  Women’s WIRE and, 207–8

  FidoNet, 131

  First Cyberfeminist International, 240

  FitzNeal, Richard, 155–56

  Fleming, Williamina, 23

  Flint Ridge, 84–85

  FLOW-MATIC, 69, 70

  FORTRAN, 70, 88, 89, 93

  404 Errors, 170, 171

  FreeNets, 131

  FuckedCompany.com, 218–19

  games, see computer games

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 160

  garbage in, garbage out, 100

  Garmisch, 77

  Garrubbo, Gina, 213–15, 217

  Glazer, Avram, 194

  Glenn, John, 24

  Goldstine, Adele, 47–48, 51

  Goldstine, Herman, 41, 44, 47–48, 51

  Google, 115, 154, 215

  Gore, Al, 136, 146

  Gorn, Saul, 69

  Grateful Dead, 102, 133, 134, 140, 180

  Grier, David Alan, 24

  hackers, 98, 101, 102, 106, 108, 116, 118, 124, 185

  Hacker’s Dictionary, The (Steele, ed.), 72

  Haight-Ashbury Switchboard, 97

  Hall, Wendy, 155–61, 160, 165, 167, 168, 169–174

  Hanson, Pete, 85

  Hardt-English, Pam, 96–101, 103–4

  hardware, 33, 38–39, 44–45, 51–52, 64, 66, 69, 71, 73, 74, 76–77, 79, 80, 177

  Harrenstein, Ken, 114–15

  Harris, Josh, 187, 199

  Harvard Computers, 23

  Harvard University, 10, 54, 153

  Computation Laboratory, 34–36, 54, 57–58

  Hopper at, 31–37, 54, 56, 58, 63, 117

  Mark I computer, 18, 31–39, 46, 59, 79

  Mark II computer, 34, 38, 54, 79

  Hawes, Mary, 69, 70

  Haystack Radio Observatory, 93

  Hearst Communications, 217, 220

  Her Interactive, 233

  Hewlett-Packard, 167

  High Performance Computing Act, 136–37

  Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The (Adams), 171, 174

  Hofstadter, Douglas, 67

  Holberton, Elizabeth “Betty” (née Snyder), 39, 43, 44, 47–49, 51, 53, 56–62, 68, 70, 73, 98, 108, 125

  Honeywell, 73, 86, 93, 96

  Hopper, Grace, 27–40, 30, 44, 46, 52, 53–55, 56, 57–60, 63, 64–74, 75–76, 78, 80, 93, 98, 101, 108, 119, 242

  at EMCC, 56–59

  at Harvard, 31–37, 54, 56, 58, 63, 117

  in navy, 29–31, 75

  Hopper, Vincent, 27–29, 54

  Horn, Stacy, 134–42, 144–52, 147, 180–81, 202–3, 209, 242

  hosts, 113, 118

  addresses of, 120–21

  ARPANET Host Table, 113, 114, 120

  domains and, 120–21

  HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), 154, 196

  HyperCard, 165, 168, 169, 183, 184

  hypertext, 153–74, 177, 186, 203, 222

  conferences on, 165, 167–69

  HyperCard and, 165, 168, 169, 183, 184

  Microcosm and, 159–61, 160, 164, 167, 168, 170–74

  NoteCards and, 164–66, 168, 170

  World Wide Web and, 168–70, 201

  Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), 154, 196

  IBM, 64, 65, 69, 73, 75, 79, 161, 186, 197

  EMCC and, 60

  ENIAC and, 43, 44


  Mark I and, 32–34

  OS/360 and, 76

  Icon CMT, 188, 189, 193

  identity and, 143–44

  Idol, Billy, 185–86, 188

  Industrial Revolution, 12

  information, 25, 121, 122, 161

  packets of, 110, 126, 202

  information superhighway, 136–37, 146, 151

  Instagram, 139, 149

  Intel, 124

  Interface Message Processor (IMP), 86–87

  Intermedia, 162, 170

  Internet, 93, 96, 99, 100, 109–10, 115–18, 121, 122, 127, 129, 131, 133, 135, 139, 145, 151, 153–54, 177, 189, 190, 202, 204, 222

  addresses, 113–14, 120–21

  ARPANET and, see ARPANET

  browsers, see browsers

  cyberfeminism and, 238–42

  domains, 120–21

  dot-com bubble and, see dot-com bubble

  egalitarian vision of, 119, 212

  e-mail, 110, 116, 130, 170

  High Performance Computing Act and, 136–37

  identity and, 143–44

  misogyny and violence on, 240–41

  see also World Wide Web

  Internet Explorer, 172

  Internet Hall of Fame, 118

  Interval Research, 227–29, 231, 235

  iVillage, 214, 216–21

  Jacquard, Joseph-Marie, 12

  Jacquard loom, 12–13, 20

  Janowitz, Mary, 104–7

  Jargon File, 71–72

  Jennings, Betty Jean, 39, 40, 43–52, 45, 53, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62

  Johnson, Katherine, 24–25

  Joyce, James, 154

  Karp, Peggy, 114

  Kay, Alan, 226

  Kennedy, John F., Jr., 137

  Kidd, Alison, 166–67

  Kilmer, Joyce, 127

  kilogirls, 11, 24, 70, 80

  Klein, Renate, 240

  Knapp, Sue, 73

  Koss, Adele Mildred, 73

  Kretchmar, Laurie, 213, 217

  LambdaMOO, 143

  Langley Research Center, 24–25

  Laurel, Brenda, 223–36

  Laybourne, Geraldine, 216

  Learning Company, The, 233, 235

  Leary, Timothy, 226

  Lefkowitz, Joan, 105–7

  Leopold’s, 101, 130

  Levi’s, 214, 215

  Levy, Jaime, 181–93, 183, 185, 195–203, 242

  Levy, Steven, 91

  Lichterman, Ruth, 39, 40, 43, 48, 49

  Liebowitz, Annie, 99

  Life on the Screen (Turkle), 229

  Light, Jennifer S., 50

  links, 161, 168

  anchor, 162

  dead, 170–72, 174, 201

  metadata and, 159, 174

  Microcosm and, 159–61, 160, 164, 167, 168, 170–74

  on World Wide Web, 168–70

  Lipkin, Ephrem, 98, 101, 102

  Longest Cave, The (Brucker and Watson), 88

  looms, 11–13, 20

  Los Angeles, Calif., 129–30

  Lost Illusions (Balzac), 200

  Lovelace, Ada, 13–24, 15, 42, 52, 74, 80, 238, 242

  Ludd, Ned, 12

  Luddites, 12

  Macie, Chris, 96–98, 104, 105

  magazines, online, see electronic publishing

  magnetic tape, 60–62, 79, 110

  Malloy, Judy, 164

  Mammoth Cave, 83–88, 90–92

  Manhattan Project, 10, 36

  Margolis, Jane, 222

  Mariner I, 76

  Mark I computer, 18, 31–39, 46, 59, 79

  Mark II computer, 34, 38, 54, 79

  Marshall, Cathy, 162–70, 173

  mathematics, mathematicians, 9–14, 16–18, 20–22, 24, 25, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 66, 67, 157

  MATH-MATIC, 69

  Mattel, 230, 233–35

  Mauchly, John, 40–43, 45–46, 48, 49, 51, 55–57, 79

  Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC), 55–63, 73

  Maupassant, Guy de, 200

  McDaniel, Marleen, 210–14, 216, 217, 219–20

  McNulty, Kathleen “Kay,” 39, 42, 43, 49, 56

  Media Metrix, 217, 220

  Menabrea, L. F., 19–21

  men:

  computers as viewed by, 229

  women impersonated by, 143–44, 179

  metadata, 159, 174

  Microcosm, 159–61, 160, 164, 167, 168, 170–74

  Microsoft, 195, 211

  Milhon, Jude, 102

  Miller, Joe, 224

  MIT, 110, 113, 123–24, 128, 153

  Mitchell, Maria, 10–11, 24

  MITRE Corporation, 114

  Mittelmark, Howard, 147–49

  Mobil, 139–40

  modems, 130, 131

  Monahan, William, 137

  Mondo 2000, 102, 183, 184

  Montgomery Ward, 224, 225

  Moore School of Electrical Engineering, 37–42, 47, 48, 50, 54–56

  Mosaic, 172, 186, 209

  Moser, Nora, 73

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 158–60

  Ms., 139

  Ms. Pac-Man, 226, 234

  Multicosm, Ltd., 173

  multimedia, 157, 159

  Multi-User Dungeons (Multi-User Domains; MUDs), 143, 214

  Myst, 165, 229

  NASA, 24, 76

  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 24

  National Defense Research Committee, 24

  National Parks Department, 83

  National Science Foundation, 130, 133, 153

  NATO, 77

  Navy, U.S., 29–31, 70, 75

  Nehru, Jawaharlal, 160

  Nelson, Ted, 154

  Netscape, 172, 191, 209, 215

  network effect, 172

  Network Information Center (NIC), 112–19, 114, 121, 122, 166

  Reference Desk of, 113

  WHOIS, 119–20

  networks, 25

  packets in, 110, 126, 202

  spanning-tree protocol for, 126–28

  Network Working Group, 117

  Neustrup, Chris, 97–98

  Newsweek, 183, 184, 191

  New York, 187, 210

  New York City:

  9/11 attack in, 150, 200–201

  Silicon Alley in, 146, 182, 184, 186–88, 191–94, 196–201, 218, 219

  New-York Historical Society, 150–51

  New York Times, 9–10, 50, 136, 191, 194, 199, 218, 235

  New York University (NYU), 134, 195, 196

  Interactive Telecommunications Program, 182

  NeXT, 168

  Nightline, 233

  9/11 terrorist attacks, 150, 200–201, 204

  NLS (oNLine System), 111–12, 115, 116, 154, 210

  NoteCards, 164–66, 168, 170

  nuclear bombs, 36, 55

  nuclear submarines, 76

  Old Boys’ Network, 239–40

  online publishing, see electronic publishing

  OS/360 operating system, 76

  Oxygen Media, 216

  Pack, Ellen, 205–13, 215, 216, 219–20

  packets, 110, 126, 202

  PDQ Committee, 71, 73

  Pearce, Naomi, 133, 208

  Pearl, Amy, 162

  Pearl Harbor attack, 27–29, 32

  People’s Computer, 98, 119

  Perlman, Radia, 123–28

  Phiber Optik, 136, 187

  Pickering, Edward Charles, 23

  PicoSpan, 132, 135

  Pierce, Julianne, 237

  Plant, Sadie, 11, 21, 80, 238

  PLATO (Prog
rammed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), 178–81

  Pleasant Company, 235

  Poetics (Aristotle), 226

  Pollock, Scarlet, 239

  Powers, Richard, 88

  presidential election of 1952, 60

  programming, 25, 26, 46, 52, 64–74, 75–80, 91–92, 106, 122–24, 162, 226

  and association between women and software, 51–52

  automatic, 65–69, 73, 119

  caving compared with, 88

  compilers in, 66–69, 73

  computer-written programs, 59–60, 68

  conference on crisis in, 77

  Cosmopolitan article about, 75, 76, 77

  debugging and, 66, 68, 74

  decline in women in, 76–78, 93

  distinction between operating and, 52

  documentation in, 37, 65, 69

  Editing Generator and, 73

  educational requirements for, 78, 93

  EMCC and, 56, 57

  ENIAC and, 44–52, 79

  first programs, 21

  flowcharts and, 59

  hardware development and, 77

  Lovelace and, 20

  machine code in, 66–68

  magnetic-tape, 60–62, 79, 110

  Mark I and, 32–33, 46, 59

  perfection required in, 76–77

  professionalization and masculinization of, 76–78, 93, 222, 228

  punch cards and tapes in, 12–13, 32–33, 35–36, 39, 46, 47, 60–62, 79, 110

  renamed software engineering, 77–78, 93

  shortage in programmers, 76

  social skills and, 78–79

  Sort-Merge Generator and, 59, 68, 73

  subroutines in, 37, 65, 67, 68

  UNIVAC and, 58–59, 65

  see also software

  programming languages, 46, 65–73, 79, 108

  COBOL, 71–73

  FORTRAN, 70, 88, 89, 93

  Project One, 95–108, 119

  Prose, Francine, 218

  Pseudo, 186–87, 199

  publishing, see electronic publishing

  punch cards and tapes, 12–13, 32–33, 35–36, 39, 46, 47, 60–62, 79, 110

  Purple Moon, 227–36

  Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 69

  Radio Shack, 225

  Raisch, Charles, 96

  Razorfish, 191, 197–99

  Reddit, 149

  Reed, Lou, 192

  Remington Rand, 60–63, 65–70, 73

  Requests for Comments (RFCs), 117–18, 120, 129

  Reson, Sherry, 95, 96, 103–7

  Resource One, 96–108, 109, 130, 132, 215, 242

  Resource One Generalized Information Retrieval System (ROGIRS), 98

  Reynolds, Joyce, 117

  Rheingold, Howard, 148–49

  Rhine, Nancy, 132–33, 205–12

  Richardson, Ann, 75

  Rockett games, 230–36

  Rolling Stone, 99

  routers, 86, 93

  routing algorithms, 124–28

 

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