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Fatal Defect : Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
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Fatal Defect : Chasing Killer Computer Bugs Hardcover - 1995

by Peterson, Ivars

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New York: Times Books : Random House, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A fascinating examation of how software defects, design errors, and other computer-related glitches result in real-world problems for ordinary people, such as ATMs that don't work properly, medical misdiagnoses and wrong treatments administered, records lost, identities 'stolen', much more, and what people and society can and should do to protect themselves. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains bibliography, indexed, 260pp., remainders dot. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Fatal Defect : Chasing Killer Computer Bugs
  • Author Peterson, Ivars
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition (stated).
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 260
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Times Books : Random House, New York
  • Date 1995
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 00007232
  • ISBN 9780812920239 / 0812920236
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 6.48 x 1 in (24.28 x 16.46 x 2.54 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94-41064
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.3

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