Last week I wrote about the first computers at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.  A few weeks ago I was given a series of publications,   ‘The History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings’,  by a retired Consultant Anaesthetist

I was looking through them for links to Addenbrooke’s when I came across an article by Dr Yash Pole, (‘Evolution of the Computer’ p58 The History of Anaesthesia Society Proceedings Vol 27 Proceedings of the meeting in Leicester 7-8 Jul 2000) which included the following and thought I would share it with you:

Computer Terms

• a bus is a connection with several paths
• a mouse is not a mammal to be scared of, but a friendly clicking or double-clinking creature
• an apple is no longer a gastronomic delight
• Windows were opened by Gates
• memory may be erased as well as accessed in seconds
• intelligence may be artificial
• a nibble is defined as half a byte
• the web need not remind us of eight-legged hairy creatures, but simply amazing and amazingly simple
• computers are now almost everywhere and have invaded the human body in the from of pacemakers and hearing aids.

You can see the whole article here.