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From: Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
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Subject: Names of ancient computing devices [was:  Re: The joy of FORTRAN]
Date: 07 Mar 2025 18:13:45 -0500
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c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> writes:

> It was vac-tube tech then ... and 'digital' was kinda
> limited to Turing's stuff and the incipent UniVac.

Quibble (reading this in a.f.c, naturally),  If you're going to CamelCase the
name of that device, you should write UnivAC, as it's name was

	Universal Automatic Computer

(understanding "computer" as the name of a human occupation which had been
 electronically automated).

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