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Communications of the ACM, Volume 64, Issue 2

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3440990

Published: 25 January 2021 Publication History

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The Communications Web site, http://cacm.acm.org, features more than a dozen bloggers in the BLOG@CACM community. In each issue of Communications, we'll publish selected posts or excerpts.

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Robin K. Hill considers why time can be "a pesky problem for computing."

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Issues arise when time goes digital
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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Communications of the ACM Volume 64, Issue 2

February 2021

108 pages

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EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/3447971

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