History of computing

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The earliest reference of the term computer comes from the French word of the same in 1631, derived from the Latin word computare meaning "to count, to sum up". The word is formed from the two roots com- "with", +putare "to reckon"(originally "to prune")[1].

References

  1. ↑ "compute", Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-04-24.

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