Communications of the ACM
Practice Archive
The Practice archive provides access to all Practice articles published in past issues of Communications of the ACM.
September 2010
From Communications of the ACM
Injecting Errors For Fun and Profit
Error-detection and correction features are only as good as our ability to test them.
From Communications of the ACM
Computers in Patient Care: The Promise and the Challenge
Information technology has the potential to radically transform health care. Why has progress been so slow?
From Communications of the ACM
Thinking Clearly About Performance, Part 1
Improving the performance of complex software is difficult, but understanding some fundamental principles can make it easier.