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code generation
202
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248
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249

code optimization
202
,
249

coding
135
,
138

cognition
162
,
166

cognitive capacity
72

cognitive history
282
,
283

cognitive map
114

cognitive science
162
,
235

cognitive style
154

Coleridge, S.T.
10

collator
34

Colossus Mark II
77

Colossus series of computers
77
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78
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79
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85
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87
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89
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90
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95
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103
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121

Columbia University
68
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149
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195

Columbia University School of Mines
30

combinational circuit
243
–
244

combinatorial cards
21

combinatorics
77

commercial digital computer
178

Committee on Data Systems Languages (CODOSYL)
204

communication
128
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135
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171
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191
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260
,
279

communication theory
165

Communications of the ACM
191
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206
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207
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253
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254
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266
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280

communicative aspect of computer science
279
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281

comparing (information)
35

Compatible Time Sharing System (CTSS)
260

compiler
196
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197
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201
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202
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204
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216
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246
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247
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249
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254
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255

compiler generating system
249

compiler writing
202
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249

compiler-compiler
249

completeness of mathematics
45

complex number
61

complexity
137
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138
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145
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179
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197
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201
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215
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260
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266
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284

computability
50
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56
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57
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113
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245

computable number
50
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58

computation
1
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2
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10
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21
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25
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31
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60
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68
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70
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98
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112
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137
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150
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159
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241
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278

Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines
245
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281

computational artifact
3
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4
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8
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11
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29
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85
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127
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134
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141
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145
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150
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151
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178
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196
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245
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253
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281
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282

computational complexity
254

computational mentality
72

computational paradigm
83
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119
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123
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127
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190
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227
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245
,
281

computational plan
74
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75
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85
,
86

computational power
214

computational process
138

computational schema
115

computational thinking
193

computer
17
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22
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29
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50
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56
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57
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60
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62
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70
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74
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84
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94,
98
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104
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115
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116
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149
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167
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202
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284

computer architecture
4
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18
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21
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22
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28
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56
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76
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85
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91
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96
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98
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100
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111
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112
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113
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122
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126
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139
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142
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145
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183
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219
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250
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251
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278
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281

computer center
256

computer checkers
235

computer chess
79
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166
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169
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171
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193
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228
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229
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234

computer culture
89
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91
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98
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150
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204
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255
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256

computer design
65
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66
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179
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185
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186

computer family
250

Computer Group (IEEE)
280

Computer Group News
280

computer hardware description language
219

Computer Journal
207
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254
,
280

computer mathematics
150

computer program
4
,
20
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21
,
145

computer science
vii
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viii
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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9
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15
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17
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18
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23
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28
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38
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39
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48
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56
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71
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77
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84
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91
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111
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150
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154
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162
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165
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169
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181
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190
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204
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206
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214
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227
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235
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241
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242
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251
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252
,
270
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277
,
278
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280
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283

computer science degree programs
241
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284

computer science departments
241

computer science textbooks
251
,
280

computer scientist
241

computer society
129

computer technology
150
,
181

computer utility
260

computerized typography
252

computing
17
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28
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29
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35
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39
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50
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60
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86
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115
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149
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241
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278

computing machine
11
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15
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25
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38
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39
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55
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60
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66
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68
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75
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76
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85
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86
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87
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89
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92
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124
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145
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162
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163
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164
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234

computing periodicals
129

computing science
150
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241
,
278

Computing Surveys
280

Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR)
33

Comrie, L.J.
68
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72
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80
n
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121
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129
,
288

conceptual problem
181
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188
n

conditional branch
76
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78
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193
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199
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208
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272

Conference on High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machines (Cambridge, UK)
129
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142
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270

conjecture and refutation
172

CONS function in LISP
237

consistency of mathematics
44
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45
,
47

constant transmitter (ENIAC)
100

contex-free grammar
214
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246
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247
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249

context-free language
214
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246
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247

context-sensitive grammar
247

context-sensitive language
247

continuous process
279

control signal
182
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245

control store
183
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185
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186

control unit
22
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63
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70
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97
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138
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139
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179
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185
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188
n
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243
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245

Coombs, A.
77

cooperating sequential process
269

Copernicus
279

copying
35

Corbató, F.J.
260
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264
n
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288

counter circuit
95

counting
30
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31

Cowles Commission for Research in Economics
226

craftsman-as-maker
23
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142

Craik, K.
158
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166
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168
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174
n
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233
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234
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288

creativity
vii
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13
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15
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19
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28
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79
n
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102
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138
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154
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181
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182
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185

criticism and its role in science
207

Crowther, J.G.
59
n

cryptography
77
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170

Ctesibius
39

cultural gap
202

cultural evolution
60
,
61

cultural history
282
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283

culture
61
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138
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196
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203
,
282

Curie, J.
118
,
288

Curie, P.
118
,
288

curiosity as a creative force
100

cybernetics
157
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158
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167
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179
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226

d'Andrade, R.
131
n

Dahl, O.-J.
223
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276
n

Daley, R.C.
263
n

Dark Ages
28
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29

Dartmouth College
234

Darwin, C.
13
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29

Darwinian paradigm
116
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127

Dasgupta, S.
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26
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27
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189
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224
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238
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262
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285
n

data
142
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144

data file
204

data flow computing
242

data object
192

data processing
29
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30
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31
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34
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35
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38
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68
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69
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70
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103
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204
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217

data structure
192
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198
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236
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249

data type
218

datalogy
278

Davis, M.
59
n
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210
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261
n

de Bakker, J.
276
n

De Groot, A.
168
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176
n
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288

de Lillo, D.
32
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42
n

de Morgan, A.
24
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25
,
65

de Solla Price, D.
220
n

Dear, P.
8
n

debugging
267

decidability
45
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47
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57
,
245

decimal machine
22
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70
,
73

decimal system
73
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76
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86
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95
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153

decision making
227
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228
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230
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233

declarative knowledge
151

decryption
76
,
77

definition of computer science
150

definitions
270
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279

DeMillo, R.
261
n

demographic data
30

Denning, P.J.
155
n
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262
n
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263
n

Dennis, J.B.
259
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261
n
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263
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289

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