The Asian American immigrants behind key technology innovations

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Why does one of the world’s largest and most successful telecommunications companies have the word “railroad” in its name?

Every semester, I stump the Stanford students in my History of Information class with this query. The company in question is Sprint, which stands for “Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking.”

What follows is a brisk lecture on the history of American communications infrastructure that always leaves a few minds blown.

 


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