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    The earliest known use of the word "computer" was in 1613 in an English book referring to a person who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued to have this meaning of a human who performed calculations until the middle of the 20th century, when it began referring to machines.

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    The earliest known use of the word "computer" was in 1613 in an English book referring to a person who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued to have this meaning of a human who performed calculations until the middle of the 20th century, when it began referring to machines.

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    The earliest known use of the word "computer" was in 1613 in an English book referring to a person who carried out calculations or computations. The word continued to have this meaning of a human who performed calculations until the middle of the 20th century, when it began referring to machines.

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    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." It referred to
    a person who carried out calculations, or computations. The word continued with the same meaning
    until the middle of the 20th century

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