History of computing
Draft
Rapid technological development never happens in silos, it happens on a continuum. most of us see the extremes of the continuum and mistake it for an isolated event of sudden progress but its more analogous to a premium wine brewing. historically at the least, there are cultural, political, economical reasons of the time which drove it
Until Mid 1940’s, computers were primarily group of women doing calculations by hand. computer referred to an activity instead of a means to do an activity !