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Great principles of computing

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The great principles of computing have been interred beneath layers of technology in our understanding and our teaching. It is time to set them free.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 46, Issue 11
            Blueprint for the future of high-performance networking
            November 2003
            119 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/948383
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