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.
Hari OM
Oh my… and how much more we have moved in two decades!!! Think how his list might look now! It is fascinating that the year 2000 already seems so distant.
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