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Some jargon can be offensive to newcomers and unintentionally shape our thoughts.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 65, Issue 7
July 2022
85 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/3544941
  • Editor:
  • James Larus
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Published: 21 June 2022
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  • (2024)The Amplification of Online Deviancy Through the Language of Violent Crime, War, and AggressionIEEE Security and Privacy10.1109/MSEC.2024.335342822:2(81-84)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2024
  • (2023)HaTe Detector: A Tool for Detecting and Correcting Harmful Terminology in Computing Artifacts2023 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)10.1109/VL-HCC57772.2023.00043(245-248)Online publication date: 3-Oct-2023
  • (2023)Harmful Terms in Computing: Towards Widespread Detection and CorrectionProceedings of the 45th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society10.1109/ICSE-SEIS58686.2023.00018(132-137)Online publication date: 17-May-2023

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