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... example , decide to go on a picnic if only one of several conditions is met , or only if a particular condition is not met ( if , for example , Fred isn't coming ) . The MIT engineer , Claude Shannon , had studied both symbolic logic ...
... example , decide to go on a picnic if only one of several conditions is met , or only if a particular condition is not met ( if , for example , Fred isn't coming ) . The MIT engineer , Claude Shannon , had studied both symbolic logic ...
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... example , led to the creation of COBOL , standing for Common Business- Oriented Language . Those that came later ( and whose names you may recognize if you know someone who has studied computer programming recently ) include Lisp ...
... example , led to the creation of COBOL , standing for Common Business- Oriented Language . Those that came later ( and whose names you may recognize if you know someone who has studied computer programming recently ) include Lisp ...
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... example , can look up an item in an electronic encyclope- dia ; retrieve information on some 9,000 stocks , with price quotations updated throughout the day ; learn the weather in Des Moines or Atlanta and the schedules of airlines that ...
... example , can look up an item in an electronic encyclope- dia ; retrieve information on some 9,000 stocks , with price quotations updated throughout the day ; learn the weather in Des Moines or Atlanta and the schedules of airlines that ...
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