Human computer | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 13/01/2019

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:00:57 1 Origins in sciences
00:06:02 2 Mathematical tables
00:07:10 3 Fluid dynamics
00:07:52 4 Wartime computing and electronics
00:10:22 5 Human-assisted computation
00:11:27 6 See also
00:11:51 7 Bibliography



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The term "computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613), meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available.
"The human computer is supposed to be following fixed rules; he has no authority to deviate from them in any detail."
Teams of people were frequently used to undertake long and often tedious calculations; the work was divided so that this could be done in parallel. Frequently, the same calculations were performed independently by separate teams to check the correctness of the results.
Since the end of the 20th century, the term "human computer" has also been applied to individuals with prodigious powers of mental arithmetic, also known as mental calculators.