Light🐧⁂Whoa 🙀️ almost like the current stereotype computers and computer science is for mostly nerdy geeky boys are invented not too long ago. About 40-50 years ago when computers started to be more capable and have nice games for them, advertisers started to advertise exclusively to boys as a cool nerdy hobby.
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https://www.messynessychic.com/2021/11/02/human-computer-the-forgotten-womens-profession/
Human Computer: The Forgotten Women's Profession
For hundreds of years, the term "computer" was a job title for a human before machines took over the job, and in the late 19th century, computers weren't just human, they were mostly women. An English Countess and Victorian mathematician, Ada Lovelace, is regarded as the first computer programmer an