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The cost of using a high speed computer to assist with the fingerprint retrieval...
Catalogue reference: HO 368/8
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This record is about the The cost of using a high speed computer to assist with the fingerprint retrieval... dating from 1965 in the series Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch: Reports (SA/POL Series) and Memoranda (SA/PM.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 368/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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The cost of using a high speed computer to assist with the fingerprint retrieval problem
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SA/POL 8
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Computing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1385348/
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HO 368
Home Office: Scientific Adviser's Branch: Reports (SA/POL Series) and Memoranda (SA/PM...
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