The first "computers" were indeed people. The word originally meant an individual who solved equations, often using a mechanicalcalculator.
最开始computer这个词确实指人,本义是使用机械计算器来解方程的人。
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The engine would have used loops of Jacquard's punched CARDS to control a mechanicalcalculator - the forerunner of today's methods of computer programming.
这种分析机本来会用成串的雅卡尔打孔卡控制一只机械计算器——今日计算机编程法的先驱。
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The engine would have used loops of Jacquard's punched cards to control a mechanicalcalculator — the forerunner of today's methods of computer programming.