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Computer ethics: cautionary tales and ethical dilemmas in computing

Edition

1st MIT Press ed.

ISBN/ISSN

9780262560733

Collation

viii, 193 p. ; 23 cm.

Series Title

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Call Number

174.96 FOR c

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