Where did the terms computer “chips” and “debugging” come from?
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MAY 27, 2024
From an interesting book Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller. Debugging: Moreover, vacuum tubes made it possible for these digital computers to be reprogrammed. Mechanical gears such as those in a bombsight could only perform a single type of calculation because each knob was physically attached to levers and gears…However, the connections between vacuum tubes could be reorganized, enabling the computer to run different calculations.
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