Cryptonomicon
[Place of publication not identified] : PerfectBound, 2003.
Format: Ebook
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Description: text file
An American computer hacker operating in Southeast Asia attempts to break a World War II cypher to find the location of a missing shipment of gold. The gold was stolen by the Japanese during the war. By the author of The Diamond Age.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Fiction.
Data encryption (Computer science) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography -- Fiction.
Data encryption (Computer science) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0060575506 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
Main (Downtown) | Out (Due: 6/9/2024) |
Ebook
Title from eBook information screen.
Special features: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's landmark nonfiction account of, among other techno-feats, the laying of the longest telecommunications cable on earth); THREE: "Press Conference": Neal answers "Why write about crypto?" and other penetrating questions.
Electronic resource.
Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 5755 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 2004 KB).
Special features: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's landmark nonfiction account of, among other techno-feats, the laying of the longest telecommunications cable on earth); THREE: "Press Conference": Neal answers "Why write about crypto?" and other penetrating questions.
Electronic resource.
Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 5755 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 2004 KB).