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Is this because these early computers were more often used to keep tabs and sort things (put things in order) rather than merely compute things? (I'm aware tha
by ithkuil 2y ago
Is this because these early computers were more often used to keep tabs and sort things (put things in order) rather than merely compute things?
(I'm aware that in order to perform those tasks the processing unit will also have to perform arithmetic operations)
- anthk 2y agoOrden in Spanish means both command (mandate, instruction) and order (as from sort).
- forinti 2y agoExactly the same as the Portuguese word ordem.
- 082349872349872 2y agoordem e progresso = sorting and soup? https://www.progresso.com https://www.progresso.com
- kgwgk 2y agoSo it means both order and order. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/order https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/order 1. (countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence. […] 5. (countable) A command. […]
- jordigh 2y agoNo, "ordinateur" was a marketing term created for IBM that meant to evoke godliness, from the somewhat archaic phrase, "Dieu qui met de l'ordre dans le monde", God who sets the world in order. https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2005/04/15/16-avril-1955-que-diriez-vous-d-ordinateur_639449_3244.html https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2005/04/15/16-avril-1... Spain calqued the word into ordenador while most of Latin America calqued computadora from the USA.