[SIGCIS-Members] Origin of the words 'program' and 'programming'?

[David Alan Grier]

Marie,
	It transfers through the ENIAC from radio engineering.  It is first  
used to describe the control signals that synchronize the computation  
on the ENIAC.  From that sense,  it moves to the commands stored in  
memory that control those signals and finally acquires modern  
meaning.  It was in place by the time the Manchester Baby and ACE are  
operational, though it alternated with other terms through the early  
1950s.  The builders of the IAS architecture machines are probably the  
ones that cement it in place.



David Grier



On Feb 16, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Nathan Ensmenger wrote:

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>> Could anybody tell me when and in which circumstances the words
>> 'program' and 'programming' did appear?
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>> Marie Gevers
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