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Post #5 by jruschme
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryNetworking
Post DateSat, 25 Jul 2015 - 11:39
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/1984-world-book.2417/
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That was the 1942 definition of a "computer." By 1943 with Colossus, Eniac, and other big room machines, a computer became from a person to a machine.
Somewhere around here I have a fairly late slide rule whose instruction book talked about the slide rule being a device that allowed the computer to perform his job faster and more accurately.

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