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Prior to the 1940s, computers were humans paid to do computation. Usually they had mathematics degrees but spent all day calculating with manually operated desk calculators.
After the 1940s, computers were machines replacing the humans that used to do those jobs. However the best displaced human computers became the programmers of the machines.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y ago- Originally, up to 1940s, "one who computes" meaning a human.
- After 1940s "machine that computes".
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