Simon Yuill
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262062749
- eISBN:
- 9780262273343
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262062749.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter describes the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), a tool for a collaborative software development control system. It outlines the features of the CVS tool and also gives a brief ...
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This chapter describes the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), a tool for a collaborative software development control system. It outlines the features of the CVS tool and also gives a brief description of the repository system and its relationship with the CVS. The chapter explains the lead role of CVS in the development of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open-Source Software). The later parts of the chapter examine the code creation and production and provide a discussion on the ways the CVS tools handle the crucial problems in software development.Less
This chapter describes the Concurrent Versions System (CVS), a tool for a collaborative software development control system. It outlines the features of the CVS tool and also gives a brief description of the repository system and its relationship with the CVS. The chapter explains the lead role of CVS in the development of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open-Source Software). The later parts of the chapter examine the code creation and production and provide a discussion on the ways the CVS tools handle the crucial problems in software development.
Kazys Varnelis (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262220859
- eISBN:
- 9780262285483
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262220859.001.0001
- Subject:
- Information Science, Communications
Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others ...
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Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others as it removes us from any stable sense of location. This book examines the ways that the social and cultural shifts created by these technologies have transformed our relationships to (and definitions of) place, culture, politics, and infrastructure. Four chapters provide a synoptic overview along with illustrative case studies. The chapter on place describes how digital networks enable us to be present in physical and networked places simultaneously—often at the expense of nondigital commitments. The chapter on culture explores the growth and impact of amateur-produced and remixed content online. The chapter on politics examines the new networked modes of bottom-up political expression and mobilization. And finally, the chapter on infrastructure notes the tension between openness and control in the flow of information, as seen in the current controversy over net neutrality.Less
Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone connects us with others as it removes us from any stable sense of location. This book examines the ways that the social and cultural shifts created by these technologies have transformed our relationships to (and definitions of) place, culture, politics, and infrastructure. Four chapters provide a synoptic overview along with illustrative case studies. The chapter on place describes how digital networks enable us to be present in physical and networked places simultaneously—often at the expense of nondigital commitments. The chapter on culture explores the growth and impact of amateur-produced and remixed content online. The chapter on politics examines the new networked modes of bottom-up political expression and mobilization. And finally, the chapter on infrastructure notes the tension between openness and control in the flow of information, as seen in the current controversy over net neutrality.
