Re:The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked
by benj111 on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:48AM
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Computer has a longer history than what you think.
"The first known use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwait: “I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number.”"
"The first known use of the word “computer” was in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwait: “I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number.”"
https://brian.carnell.com/articles/2015/the-etymology-of-the...