6.001

Domain	Definition
Computing	6.001 /siks dubl oh wun/, /dubl oh wun/ or rarely /siks dubl oh fun/ MIT's introductory computer class for majors, known for its intensity. Developed by Gerald Sussman and Hal Abelson, the course is taught in Scheme and introduces recursion, higher-order functions, object-oriented programming and much more. Students who grasp the metacircular interpreter gain entry into the Knights of the Lambda-Calculus. 6.001* has been exported to several other colleges, sometimes successfully. The textbook, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", written with Julie Sussman is a classic that can be found on the shelves of many computer scientists, whether they took the course or not. Legendary characters from the class, problem sets, and book include the wise Alyssa P. Hacker, Ben Bitdiddle, Lem E. Tweakit and Eva Lu Ator, the careless Louis Reasoner and Captain Abstraction. (1994-11-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
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Specialty Definition: 6.001 (MIT)

In MIT, 6.001 /siks dub*l oh wun/, /dub*l oh wun/ or rarely /siks dub*l oh fun/ is an introductory computer class for majors, known for its intensity. Developed by Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson, the course is taught in Scheme and introduces recursion, higher-order functions, object-oriented programming and much more. Students who grasp the metacircular interpreter gain entry into the Knights of the Lambda-Calculus. 6.001 has been exported to several other colleges, sometimes successfully. The textbook, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", written with Julie Sussman is a classic that can be found on the shelves of many computer scientists, whether they took the course or not. Legendary characters from the class, problem sets, and book include the wise Alyssa P. Hacker, Ben Bitdiddle, Lem E. Tweakit and Eva Lu Ator, the careless Louis Reasoner and Captain Abstraction.

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Crosswords: 6.001

Specialty definitions using "6.001": Captain Abstraction ♦ Gerald Sussman. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: 6.001

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Alternative Orthography: 6.001

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

36 2E 30 30 31

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00110110 00101110 00110000 00110000 00110001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#54 &#46 &#48 &#48 &#49

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0036 002E 0030 0030 0031

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
6.001 disk professional ram xp	2
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6.001

Specialty Definition: 6.001

Computing