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Not implying whirlwind is the ur-machine, or originated terms of art, just noting that a lot of language in 1951 could be understood to apply in a domain-specif
by ggm 10mo ago
Not implying whirlwind is the ur-machine, or originated terms of art, just noting that a lot of language in 1951 could be understood to apply in a domain-specific sense to a modern computer scientist: the jargon we use now, includes terms of art that these people use.
They are therefore at least 75 years old.
- stmw 10mo agoIt kind of was, at least enough so to be an IEEE Milestone https://ethw.org/Milestones:Whirlwind_Computer,_1944-59 https://ethw.org/Milestones:Whirlwind_Computer,_1944-59