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- ↑ "Toby Berger - Engineering and Technology History Wiki". 29 February 2016.
- ↑ "IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal Recipients" (PDF). IEEE . Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ↑ Toby Berger obituary
