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code generation
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248
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code optimization
202
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249

coding
135
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138

cognition
162
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166

cognitive capacity
72

cognitive history
282
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283

cognitive map
114

cognitive science
162
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235

cognitive style
154

Coleridge, S.T.
10

collator
34

Colossus Mark II
77

Colossus series of computers
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Columbia University
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Columbia University School of Mines
30

combinational circuit
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combinatorial cards
21

combinatorics
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commercial digital computer
178

Committee on Data Systems Languages (CODOSYL)
204

communication
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171
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260
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279

communication theory
165

Communications of the ACM
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207
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253
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communicative aspect of computer science
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comparing (information)
35

Compatible Time Sharing System (CTSS)
260

compiler
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compiler generating system
249

compiler writing
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compiler-compiler
249

completeness of mathematics
45

complex number
61

complexity
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computability
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computable number
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computation
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Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines
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281

computational artifact
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29
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computational complexity
254

computational mentality
72

computational paradigm
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119
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127
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227
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245
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281

computational plan
74
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75
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85
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86

computational power
214

computational process
138

computational schema
115

computational thinking
193

computer
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computer architecture
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computer center
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computer checkers
235

computer chess
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computer culture
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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
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280

computer mathematics
150

computer program
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20
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21
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145

computer science
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computer science degree programs
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284

computer science departments
241

computer science textbooks
251
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280

computer scientist
241

computer society
129

computer technology
150
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181

computer utility
260

computerized typography
252

computing
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computing machine
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computing periodicals
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computing science
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241
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278

Computing Surveys
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Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR)
33

Comrie, L.J.
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conceptual problem
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188
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conditional branch
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Conference on High-Speed Automatic Calculating Machines (Cambridge, UK)
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142
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270

conjecture and refutation
172

CONS function in LISP
237

consistency of mathematics
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45
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47

constant transmitter (ENIAC)
100

contex-free grammar
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context-free language
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context-sensitive grammar
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context-sensitive language
247

continuous process
279

control signal
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control store
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control unit
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Coombs, A.
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cooperating sequential process
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Copernicus
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copying
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Corbató, F.J.
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counter circuit
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counting
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Cowles Commission for Research in Economics
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craftsman-as-maker
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Craik, K.
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creativity
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criticism and its role in science
207

Crowther, J.G.
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cryptography
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170

Ctesibius
39

cultural gap
202

cultural evolution
60
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61

cultural history
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culture
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Curie, J.
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Curie, P.
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curiosity as a creative force
100

cybernetics
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d'Andrade, R.
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Dahl, O.-J.
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Daley, R.C.
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Dark Ages
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Dartmouth College
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Darwin, C.
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Darwinian paradigm
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Dasgupta, S.
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data
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data file
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data flow computing
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data object
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data processing
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data structure
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data type
218

datalogy
278

Davis, M.
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de Bakker, J.
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De Groot, A.
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de Lillo, D.
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de Morgan, A.
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de Solla Price, D.
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Dear, P.
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debugging
267

decidability
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57
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decimal machine
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decimal system
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decision making
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declarative knowledge
151

decryption
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definition of computer science
150

definitions
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DeMillo, R.
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demographic data
30

Denning, P.J.
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Dennis, J.B.
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