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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>the literature</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="Thats-not-a-bug--thats-a-feature-.html" title="That's not a bug, that's a feature!"/><link rel="next" href="the-network.html" title="the network"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">the literature</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Thats-not-a-bug--thats-a-feature-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="the-network.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="the-literature"/><dt xmlns="" id="the-literature"><b>the literature</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Computer-science journals and other publications, vaguely gestured
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