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Biologically uninspired computer science

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Don't limit your inspiration to biology, today's favorite metaphor, when developing new architectures and systems.

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                  cover image Communications of the ACM
                  Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 11
                  Entertainment networking
                  November 2006
                  82 pages
                  ISSN:0001-0782
                  EISSN:1557-7317
                  DOI:10.1145/1167838
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