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The San Francisco Computer Museum and accompanying Computer Institute are being founded to provide a global center for bringing together the scientific, artistic, and cultural aspects of computing. Because computer technology represents one of the most profound human achievements, the San Francisco Computer Museum will record those very achievements and, through an accompanying research center, will stimulate the creation of new breakthroughs as well. The Computer Institute and the San Francisco Computer Museum will aim to become the world's leading museum facility and non-profit research center devoted to computing.