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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the extensive amount of code she and her team wrote to guide the NASA mission to the Moon, USA, 1969 (infosec.pub)
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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Scrolling? Good sir or madam, these are books, not scrolls. It's the 1960s, not the 960s

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 30 points 4 weeks ago

Thanks for making me realize after 30 years of life terminally on the computer that computer 'scrolling' is in reference to 'unraveling' the page like an actual scroll

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

[terminal flipping]

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

And what about ‘Terminal’, good sir or madam?