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Peter J. Denning,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 64, Issue 12

Pages 30 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/3491268

Published: 19 November 2021 Publication History

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Professionals practice a form of computational thinking that is significantly more advanced than popular descriptions suggest.

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Communications of the ACM Volume 64, Issue 12

December 2021

101 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/3502158

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