The term “digital computer” (Stibitz 1942) and the “flip-flop” (Turner 1920)

Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject History - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,1, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Herlmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturgeschichte), course: Technikgeschichte, language: English, abstract: Why do the terms digital and therefore digital computer seem to be so problematic? In all literature dealing with computer history, there is a certain indifference concerning the diff...