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Searching for "computer" the only one was one Chauncey Wright, American philosopher and mathematician, who became became computer to the American Ephemeris and
by tim333 6mo ago
Searching for "computer" the only one was one Chauncey Wright, American philosopher and mathematician, who became became computer to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac.
https://britannica11.org/article/28-0872-wright-chauncey/wright__chauncey?q=computer&match=1 https://britannica11.org/article/28-0872-wright-chauncey/wri...
Times change.
- 8bitsrule 6mo agoWhen I thought I recalled 'computer' used to be a job title, I found this on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) which says that "(the first known written reference dates from 1613)... often women from the late nineteenth century onwards, were used to undertake long and often tedious calculations; the work was divided so that this could be done in parallel."
- 8bitsrule 6mo agoMore on the topic: Review of 2005 book "When Computers Were Human" 424pp. ISBN: 0-691-09157-9 https://web.archive.org/web/20060821120909/http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/7999.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060821120909/http://www.pupres...