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      Names: Seel, Peter Benjamin, author.

      Title: Digital universe : the global telecommunication revolution / Peter B. Seel.

      Description: Second edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2021020798 (print) | LCCN 2021020799 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119630944 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119630975 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119630876 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Telecommunication--History. | Digital electronics--History. | Computers--History. | Information technology--History.

      Classification: LCC TK5102.2 .S44 2022 (print) | LCC TK5102.2 (ebook) | DDC 621.382--dc23

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