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Article #619630Re: 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: hanc...
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:17
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 21:17
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On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 5:22:55 AM UTC-5, Quadibloc wrote: > The IBM 704 had "Electronic Data Processing Machine" on a strip along > the top to the left of its number. Although the term "computer" was used for hardware* in the 1940s, it was also used for human clerks who did math work. Watson Sr, president of IBM, didn't want to suggest his machines were causing humans to lose their jobs (although that was indeed their intent), so he insisted all his computers be called "data processing machines". I think they continued that as late as 1959 with the 1401 and 7090. *two references to "computer" as hardware in WW II. https://books.google.com/books?id=fU8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20computer%20war&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=bk8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA117&dq=life%20computer%20war&pg=PA117#v=onepage&q&f=false
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