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Remington Rand
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remote terminal
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renaissance
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renaissance man
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Renwick, W.
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research tradition
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reserved word (Algol)
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resistor
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Revens, L.
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Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL
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rewrite rule
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Rice University computer
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Rice, J.R.
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Richards, R.K.
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Ridgeway, R.K.
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Robinson family of computers
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Rochester, N.
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Rogers, H.
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Rohl, J.S.
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Rolt, L.T.C.
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Roman Empire
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Romanticism, Age of
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Rosen, S.
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Rosenbloom, P.S.
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Rosenbluth, A.
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Rosin, R.F.
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Rota, G.-C.
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routine
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Royal Armament Research Establishment
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Royal Society
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Royal Society Computing Laboratory
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Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences
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rule of deduction
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rule of inference
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rule of sequential composition
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rule of substitution
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rule of thumb
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Russell, B.
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Russell, L.J.
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Rutherford, E.
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Rutihauser, H.
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Salisbury, A.B.
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Salton, G.
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Saltzer, J.H.
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Samelson, K.
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Sammet, J.
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Sampson, J.R.
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Samuel, A.L.
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satisficing
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Sayre, D.
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scalar data type
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schema
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Scheutz Difference Engine
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Scheutz, E.
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Scheutz, G.
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Schwartz, J.T.
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science
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Science
(Journal)
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Science Museum, London
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science of the artificial
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science of computing
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Sciences of the Artificial, The
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science of the individual
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scientific communication
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scientific computing
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,
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scientific knowledge
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scientific partnership
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scientific periodical
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scientific society
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scientific style
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scientific thinking
217

scientific writing
268

scientist of the artificial
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searching
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secondary memory
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segmentation of memory
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selectron
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self-constructing automaton
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self-reproducing automaton
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semantics
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semaphore
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semiconductor technology
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semilogarithmic notation
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Seminumerical Algorithms
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Sen, A.K.
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sentence
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sequential circuit/machine
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sequential process
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serial computer
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servomechanism
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Shannon, C.E.
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Shaw, C.J.
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Sheets-Pyenson, S.
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Sheridan, P.B.
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Shestakov, V.
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shift register
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Shockley, W.
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Short Introduction to Numerical Analysis
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short-term memory
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Shreyer, H.
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shuttle
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Sign-and-magnitude
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significant digit
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Simon, H.A.
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Simonton, D.K.
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simplicity
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SIMULA programming language
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simulation
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simultaneous equation
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single-address machine
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Sintsoff, M.
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Sketch of the Analytical Engine
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slide rule
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Smithberg, D.R.
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Smithies, F.
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social aspect of computer science
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social groups
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social text
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Society for the Encouragement of the Arts
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Society of Arts
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software
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software crisis
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software engineering
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solvability
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Sommerville, M.F.
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Sondak, N.
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Sorbonne
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sorter
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sorting
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source code (program)
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special purpose machine
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special theory of relativity
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speed of execution
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speedcode
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Sperry Gyroscope
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Sperry Rand
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square root extraction
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St. John's College, Cambridge
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Stanford University
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state of mind
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state table
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statistical table
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Steadman, J.P.
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steam engine
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Stearns, R.E.
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Steiner, G.
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stepwise refinement in programming
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Stern, H.
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Stern, N.
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Stevens, W.Y.
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Stibitz, G.
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storage technology
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store
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stored program computer
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stored program computing paradigm
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Stringer, J.B.
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structure
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Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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structured programming
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Sturt, G.
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style
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subatomic physics
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subjective rationality
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subparadigm
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