|
|
|||
  |
|
Data Processing Noun (Merriam-Webster): the converting of raw data to machine-readable form and its subsequent processing (as storing, updating, rearranging, or printing out) by a computer First Known Use: 1954; The original meaning of data processing is more in line with what we call data entry today and has morphed into a meaning akin to . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Wordpower: Data Processing Computerize Transitive Verb: (Merriam-Webster) 1: to carry out, control, or produce by means of a computer <computerized music>; 2: to equip with computers <computerize public schools>; 3a : to store in a computer <computerize data> b : to put in a form that a computer can use <computerize paperwork> First Known Use: 1957; Computerize is . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Wordpower: Computerize AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT BROOKE-POPHAM, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FAR EAST, AND GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL. (RAAF). Bermuda Shorts Noun: Knee length walking shorts or short trousers First Known Use: 1951; According to Wikipedia, Bermuda shorts are tailored and reach 1″ above the knee with either a cuffed or un-cuffed hem. They should . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Wordpower: Bermuda Shorts Beatnik (Merriam-Webster) First known use: 1958; According to Wikipedia, Herb Caen coined the term in his San Francisco Chronicle column joining “Beat” with “nik” six months after Sputnik. Jack Kerouac first introduced the phrase “Beat Generation” in 1948. Noun: a person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Wordpower: Beatnik Lockheed Starfighter Aerospace (Merriam-Webster) First known use: 1958 Noun: 1: space comprising the earth’s atmosphere and the space beyond; 2: a physical science that deals with aerospace; 3: the aerospace industry Adjective: of or relating to aerospace, to vehicles used in aerospace or the manufacture of such vehicles, or to travel in . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Wordpower: Aerospace |
|
|
Copyright © 2012 Modern Retro Woman - All Rights Reserved |
|||
Follow Me!