[Ads-l] Antedating of "Word Processing"

[Shapiro, Fred]

word processing (OED 1967)



1965 _Globe and Mail_ (Toronto) 28 Dec. B4 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  (advertisement) In IBM's Office Products Division, the challenge is to discover and implement ways of improving the flow of vital communications through an office.  It's called "word processing" -- the use of modern equipment to increase word output, making more productive time available to time-conscious business and professional men.



Fred Shapiro

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