Polychannel systems for mass digital communications
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 February 1990Open access
David K. Gifford
Citations73
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.15
SNIP3.34
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A new type of distributed computer system looks toward the time when computers will be used by everyone everywhere, and this system aims to be the first of its kind.
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A new type of distributed computer system looks toward the time when computers will be used by everyone everywhere.
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