I can't find the resource, but, according to Bellman he needed a name that wouldn't sound like something the army would scrape— effectively protecting his resea

I can't find the resource, but, according to Bellman he needed a name that wouldn't sound like something the army would scrape— effectively protecting his research. He had a few options and "dynamic" sounded "cool" enough, in his opinion, for army. This said, the "programming" part is pretty accurate, but IMO the author misses the point with what "computer programming" meaning is, afterall.