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https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordinateur https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordinateur gives a decent account of the etymology. Given that we're talking about som
by mumblemumble 6y ago
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordinateur https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ordinateur gives a decent account of the etymology.
Given that we're talking about something IBM did in 1955, I can accept putting things in order as being the function that the word focuses on, rather than calculation.