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History of Computer Science (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the history of computer science, covering Alan Turing's 1936 paper on an abstract computing machine and the field's later development. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_science
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the discipline's scope and founding milestone only.
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History of Computer Science (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)

This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.

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