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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 37 , Issue 5 (May 1994) table of contents

Pages: 72 - 82

Year of Publication: 1994

ISSN:0001-0782

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Ted J. Biggerstaff	Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA
Bharat G. Mitbander	Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC), Austin, TX
Dallas E. Webster	Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC), Austin, TX

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