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• Technical CommunicationJohn M. Lannon · 2000
• An introduction to data structures with applicationsJean-Paul Tremblay, Paul Gordon Sorenson · 1976
• Data structures & algorithms in JavaRobert Lafore · 2003
• NanosystemsK. Eric Drexler · 1992
• Understanding Computers Today and TomorrowDeborah Morley · 2003
• Object-oriented software engineering : an agile unified methodologyDavid C. Kung · 2014
• Using SCO UNIXGeoffrey T. LeBlond · 1990
• Introduction to making very big booksUnited States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions · 2011

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