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Computer Systems Colloquium (Fall 2007)

On the Road to Computer Literacy (November 14, 2007)

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In order to identify some of the technological gaps that hinder the implementation of universal computer literacy, this talk looks back at the development of literacy and the associated technologies from before Plato through Aldus Manutius.

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