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Pretty cool. They used to have a position at NASA whose job title was "computer", which was typically filled by women. They would compute whatever was necessary
by horsecaptin 11y ago
Pretty cool. They used to have a position at NASA whose job title was "computer", which was typically filled by women. They would compute whatever was necessary, and invent any tools they needed to make those computations.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoThe term dates back to the 17th century: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=computer http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=computer