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MAY I suggest that a protest is overdue against the anthropomorphic character of the terminology that is being applied to electronic digital computors? To the layman the use of such a terminology seems to ascribe human or near-human properties to these machines. Not only is it undesirable to use such terms, but also it is quite unnecessary, as alternative engineering terms are well established.
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KAPP, R. Terminology applied to Computing Machines. Nature 170, 547 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170547b0
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