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==Computer science== * October 2 (11:45 p.m.) β The [[ENIAC]] computer is deactivated at [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]], [[Maryland]], having been in continuous operation since [[1947 in science|1947]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Martin H.|last=Weik|year=1961|url=http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html|title=The ENIAC Story|publisher=Ftp.arl.mil|access-date=2011-08-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814181522/http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html|archive-date=2011-08-14}}</ref> * Former [[Luftwaffe]] [[flying ace]] [[Ulrich Steinhilper]], a German IBM [[typewriter]] salesman, coins and popularizes the term "''Textverarbeitung''" ("[[word processing]]").<ref>{{cite book|title=Overload! How Too Much Information is Hazardous to your Organization|last=Spira|first=Jonathan B.|year=2011|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1118064177|page=51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eC016EMcTmoC&q=Ulrich+Steinhilper+%22word+processing%22&pg=PA51|access-date=2013-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology|last=Reilly|first=Edwin D.|year=2013|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-1573565219|page=274|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTYPKxug49IC&q=Ulrich+Steinhilper+word+processor&pg=PA274|access-date=2013-06-08}}</ref> * [[Maurice Wilkes]] publishes a description of [[microprogramming]] in ''[[IEEE Spectrum|Electrical Engineering]]''.{{cn|date=May 2021}} * [[RAND]] publishes ''[[A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates]]''.
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