From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3790 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2022 19:28:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 8 Sep 2022 19:28:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF1542297; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 05:28:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [67.110.179.138]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911D042295 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 05:28:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07EEA1012F; Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:28:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.anteil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bsMYcJpNqmpa; Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:28:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zimbra.anteil.com (zimbra.anteil.com [192.168.1.22]) by zimbra.anteil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C29110128; Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:28:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 15:28:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Capp To: Noel Chiappa Message-ID: <833155.3451.1662665281061.JavaMail.root@zimbraanteil> In-Reply-To: <20220908182051.502B118C077@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_3450_2146239.1662665281060" X-Originating-IP: [192.168.200.43] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.7_GA_2476.RHEL4 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF3 (Linux)/6.0.7_GA_2473.UBUNTU8) Message-ID-Hash: BUJQGRURS52WZVG6ABSTPU3MURNC7EW2 X-Message-ID-Hash: BUJQGRURS52WZVG6ABSTPU3MURNC7EW2 X-MailFrom: jcapp@anteil.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: ------=_Part_3450_2146239.1662665281060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit See "The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer", by Maurice V. Wilkes, David J. Wheeler, and Stanley Gill, copyright 1951, pp. 5 section 1-4: "The store is divided into a number of registers or storage locations; the content of a storage location is a sequence of 0's and 1's, and may represent an order or a number. The term word is used for the content of a storage location if it is desired to refer to it without specifying whether it represents a number or an order." Jim From: "Noel Chiappa" To: tuhs@tuhs.org Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 2:20:51 PM Subject: [TUHS] Re: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits? > It was used, in the modern sense, in "Planning a Computer System", > Buchholz,1962. Also in the IBM "650 Manual of Operation", June, 1955. (Before I was born! :-) Noel ------=_Part_3450_2146239.1662665281060 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <= div style=3D'font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'= >

See "The Preparation of Programs for= an Electronic Digital Computer", by Maurice V. Wilkes, David J. Wheeler, a= nd Stanley Gill, copyright 1951,

pp. 5 se= ction 1-4: "The store is divided into a number of registers or storage loca= tions; the content of a storage location is a sequence of 0's and 1's, and = may represent an order or a number.

= The term word is used for the content of a storage location if it is desire= d to refer to it without specifying whether it represents a number or an or= der."

Jim

=

From: "Noel Chiappa" <jnc@mercury.= lcs.mit.edu>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.m= it.edu
Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2022 2:20:51 PM
Subject= : [TUHS] Re: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in c= ollection of bits?

   > It was used, in the moder= n sense, in "Planning a Computer System",
   > Buchho= lz,1962.

Also in the IBM "650 Manual of Operation", June, 1955. (Bef= ore I was
born! :-)

       &nb= sp;Noel

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