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20th century

This dimension groups computing concepts by the era in which they first emerged. Wikipedia notes that "the fundamental concern of computer science is determining what can and cannot be automated," a concern whose answers have grown and changed across every era of the field. Browsing by origin era lets a visitor compare concepts that arose in the same period.

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1961 CE 1
20th century
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1. Wikipedia: Landauer's principle
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The principle was first proposed by Rolf Landauer in 1961.
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