Sujet : Re: Names of ancient computing devices [was: Re: The joy of FORTRAN]
De : (at) *nospam* ednolan (ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 08. Mar 2025, 00:26:26
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In article <
mddv7skl9hy.fsf_-_@panix5.panix.com>,
Rich Alderson <
news@alderson.users.panix.com> wrote:
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:
>
It was vac-tube tech then ... and 'digital' was kinda
limited to Turing's stuff and the incipent UniVac.
>
Quibble (reading this in a.f.c, naturally), If you're going to CamelCase the
name of that device, you should write UnivAC, as it's name was
>
Universal Automatic Computer
>
(understanding "computer" as the name of a human occupation which had been
electronically automated).
>
Asimov took "AC" and ran with it:
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~gamvrosi/thelastq.html-- columbiaclosings.comWhat's not in Columbia anymore..