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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 6: SCAFFOLDING FOR INFLUENCE Can You Feel the AGI?

"David Patterson later described RISC as a backronym."

Patterson says the acronym was effectively fitted to the intended name rather than simply emerging as a neutral technical abbreviation.

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Source title Dave Patterson: Reflections of a Computer Scientist, Teacher, and Family Man
Source authors David Patterson; Elizabeth Semler
Source year 2026
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Importance mid
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