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I implore you to read about the origins of the word computer and who those people were and what they did. Also just in general about the Analytical Engine, Babb
by ZeikJT 7y ago
I implore you to read about the origins of the word computer and who those people were and what they did. Also just in general about the Analytical Engine, Babbage, and Lovelace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#Etymology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(job_description) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(job_description)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#First_computing_device https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#First_computing_devic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program#Analytical_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_program#Analytical_En...
- jhall1468 7y agoI'm quite familiar with them. But the colloquial term "computer" isn't the same as the historical term, and that's the point here. We aren't talking about the job, or a design that wasn't implemented, or a mechanical computer because nobody means that when they say "computer".