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Ultra-low-cost computing and developing countries

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Raspberry Pi and its potential in the "global South."

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 56, Issue 8
August 2013
85 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/2492007
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Published: 01 August 2013
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