Computer science as empirical inquiry
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 19 (3), 113-126
- https://doi.org/10.1145/360018.360022
Abstract
Computer science is the study of the phenomena surrounding computers. The founders of this society understood this very well when they called themselves the Association for Computing Machinery. The machine—not just the hardware, but the programmed, living machine—is the organism we study.Keywords
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