Stalking the elusive computer bug

The work

AuthorsPeggy Aldrich Kidwell
Editors
Typearticle
Year1998
Citekeykidwell1998stalking

Where it appeared

Published inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Volume20
Issue4
Pages5--9

Identifiers

DOI10.1109/85.728224

Settled

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A copy is held

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Cite it as

@article{kidwell1998stalking,
  title        = {Stalking the elusive computer bug},
  author       = {Peggy Aldrich Kidwell},
  year         = {1998},
  journal      = {IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
  volume       = {20},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {5--9},
  doi          = {10.1109/85.728224},
}

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