This dimension sorts computing concepts by their basic kind, a theoretical idea, an engineering technique or a mathematical result. Wikipedia notes that computer science "spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation of hardware and software)." Browsing by concept kind keeps ideas from the same kind of discipline grouped together.
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1. Wikipedia: Abstract data type
Wikimedia FoundationAbstract data type, History section, Liskov and Zilles 1974 sentenceQuote, Abstract data type, History section, Liskov and Zilles 1974 sentence
ADTs were first proposed by Barbara Liskov and Stephen N. Zilles in 1974, as part of the development of the CLU language.
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