The first computers were people!
That is, electronic computers (and the earlier mechanical computers) were given
this name because they performed the work that had previously been assigned to
people. "Computer" was originally a job title:
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The
U.S. military desired a mechanical calculator more optimized for scientific
computation.
By
World War II the U.S. had battleships that could lob shells weighing as much as
a small car over distances up to 25 miles.
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