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Digital immortality

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Gordon Bell,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 44, Issue 3

Pages 28 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/365181.365182

Published: 01 March 2001 Publication History

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Digital immortality
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy

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Communications of the ACM Volume 44, Issue 3

March 2001

135 pages

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EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/365181

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