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Communications of the ACM Volume 61 Issue 10October 2018pp 6–7https://doi.org/10.1145/3273019

Published:26 September 2018Publication History

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Communications of the ACM Volume 61, Issue 10
October 2018
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ISSN:0001-0782
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DOI:10.1145/3281635
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