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Volume 46 , Issue 11 (November 2003) table of contents
Blueprint for the future of high-performance networking

COLUMN: The profession of IT table of contents

Pages: 15 - 20

Year of Publication: 2003

ISSN:0001-0782

Author

Peter J. Denning

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

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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