[Ads-l] a well-known term is now forgotten?

[James Landau]

Philadelphia Inquirer https://www.inquirer.com/science/eniac-75-anniversary-computer-penn-philadelphia-20210211.htmlTom Avril  "Celebrating Phila.'s Computer History"February 11, 2021  page A11 column 2
<quote>Imagine life without your laptop, your smartphone, even such ordinary electronic gadgets as you alarm clock.  {ENAIC]The ancestor of them all---a roomsized contraption made of switches, cables, and 18,000 glass containers called vacuum tuabes---was unveled to the public 75 years ago this week...<end quote>
"vacuum tube" is now forgotter?

James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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