16 Feb
2009
16 Feb
'09
2:26 p.m.
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:
Could anybody tell me when and in which circumstances the words 'program' and 'programming' did appear?
Marie Gevers