Me ha parecido muy curioso el origen de la palabra "computer":
"We were calculating trajectory tables for the war effort. In those days. The trajectory tables were calculated by hundreds of people operating desk calculators -- people who were called computers. So the machine that does that work was called a computer."
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el blog tiene un resumen en español ya que la entrevista está en inglés.
Me ha parecido muy curioso el origen de la palabra "computer":
"We were calculating trajectory tables for the war effort. In those days. The trajectory tables were calculated by hundreds of people operating desk calculators -- people who were called computers. So the machine that does that work was called a computer."
La entrevista está bien, pero podría apuntar directamente al enlace sin pasar por el blog:
http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,108568,00.html
Decir que ENIAC es el primer ordenador completamente electrico ya es discutido, pero decir que John Presper es el inventor del ordenador... buf
Digamos que era el jefe del ENIAC