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English: During the 1940s and 1950s, JPL used the word "computer" to refer to a person rather than a machine. The all-female computer team, many of the members recruited right out of high school, were responsible for doing all the math by hand required to plot satellite trajectories and more.
Date circa 50s
date QS:P,+50-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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