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      Topologia dos backbones de internet no Brasil Translated title: Internet backbone topology in Brazil

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          Este artigo visa reafirmar o papel do espaço no estudo das Novas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (NTICs). Examinamos a topologia dos backbones de internet no Brasil usando as ferramentas matemáticas da teoria dos grafos. Através do cálculo de índices de centralidade (proximidade e intermediação), bem como de outras técnicas quantitativas, as redes físicas que compõem a internet são relacionadas à rede urbana preexistente, mostrando que em suas características gerais o funcionamento da internet não subverte a geografia econômica do país, a despeito do ideário antigeográfico suscitado por parte da literatura sobre os impactos da tecnologia.

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          This paper aims to reassert the role of space in the study of the New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs). We examine the internet backbone topology in Brazil using mathematical tools from graph theory. By calculating centrality indexes (closeness and betweeness) and other quantitative techniques as well, the physical networks that comprise the internet are compared to the existing urban network. We show that, in its general features, the spatial dimension of the internet does not subvert the previous economic geography, despite the anti-geographic bias raised by part of the literature on technology impacts.

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                Journal
                sn
                Sociedade & Natureza
                Soc. nat.
                Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Instituto de Geografia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia (Uberlândia, MG, Brazil )
                1982-4513
                April 2012
                : 24
                : 1
                : 21-35
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameIBGE orgdiv1Coordenação de Geografia marcelo.motta@ 123456ibge.gov.br
                Article
                S1982-45132012000100003 S1982-4513(12)02400103
                10.1590/S1982-45132012000100003
                4a141ec5-01fa-401b-b2e5-bd3ebd90767f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 24 August 2011
                : 01 March 2012
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 25, Pages: 15
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                backbones,internet,Brazil,Topology,Brasil,rede urbana,Topologia,urban network

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