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    Etymology Dictionary States That The Use of The Term To Mean "Calculatingwwewe

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    Richard Braithwait referred to a human as the "truest computer of Times" in the 17th century, referring to a person who carried out calculations. The term "computer" continued to mean a human who performed calculations until the mid-20th century. By the late 19th century, the word began taking on its modern meaning of a machine that can perform computations.

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    Richard Braithwait referred to a human as the "truest computer of Times" in the 17th century, referring to a person who carried out calculations. The term "computer" continued to mean a human who performed calculations until the mid-20th century. By the late 19th century, the word began taking on its modern meaning of a machine that can perform computations.

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    Richard Braithwait referred to a human as the "truest computer of Times" in the 17th century, referring to a person who carried out calculations. The term "computer" continued to mean a human who performed calculations until the mid-20th century. By the late 19th century, the word began taking on its modern meaning of a machine that can perform computations.

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    mmari English writer Richard Braithwait: "I haue [sic] read the truest computer of Times, and the

    best Arithmetician that euer [sic] breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number." This
    usage of the term referred to a human computer, a person who carried out calculations or
    computations. The word continued with the same meaning until the middle of the 20th century.
    From the end of the 19th century the word began to take on its more familiar meaning, a machine
    that carries out computations.[1]
    The Online Etymology Dictionary gives the first attested use of "computer" in the "1640s,
    [meaning] "one who calculates,"; this is an "... agent noun from compute (v.)". The Online
    Etymology Dictionary states that the use of the term to mean "calculatingwwewe

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