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Peterson, Ivars – Science News, 1982
By handling numbers in unexpected ways, computers and calculators create headaches for computer programers and set traps for unsuspecting users by sometimes producing wrong answers. Specific examples of such computer/calculator errors are discussed. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Programs, Computers, Error Patterns
