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A computer is a device for processing data. We have expended many words on the processing, far fewer on the data. This deficiency will be remedied over the next three chapters, which cover the way data is organised and structured for the purposes of processing and storage.
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© 1990 Percy Mett
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Mett, P. (1990). All About Data. In: Introduction to Computing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08039-7_7
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