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“Finding and reminding” reconsidered

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Scott Fertig,

Eric Freeman,

David GelernterAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, Volume 28, Issue 1

Pages 66 - 69

https://doi.org/10.1145/249170.249187

Published: 01 January 1996 Publication History

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1. Human-centered computing
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2. Information systems
  1. Information retrieval
    1. Information retrieval query processing
  2. Information storage systems
    1. Record storage systems

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