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Computing as a discipline

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 32, Issue 1

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https://doi.org/10.1145/63238.63239

Published: 01 January 1989 Publication History

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The final report of the Task Force on the Core of Computer Science presents a new intellectual framework for the discipline of computing and a new basis for computing curricula. This report has been endorsed and approved for release by the ACM Education Board.

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Computing as a discipline
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula
    2. Computing profession
      1. Computing organizations

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