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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT) An independent, coeducational university located in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Its best-known computer-related labs are the Artificial Intelligence Lab, the Lab for Computer Science and the Media Lab.

It is also known for its hacks or practical jokes, such as The Great Dome Police Car Hack (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Bulletins/hack.html).

Resident computer hackers include Richard Stallman, Gerald Sussman and Tom Knight.

See also 6.001.

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