Timeline for Why do we call it "production"?
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| Feb 5, 2018 at 21:46 | comment | added | Kevin | This answer makes intuitive sense, but it doesn't attempt to trace the etymology of the term production. So I'm not sure it's actually as correct as it it seems at first glance. In contrast, bit-twiddler's answer gives a historical origin for the term. | |
| Apr 15, 2011 at 22:17 | vote | accept | joshjs | ||
| Apr 14, 2011 at 17:27 | comment | added | bit-twiddler | Actually, the term "production," with respect to computation, dates back to a time when information processing was a production process that required a lot of manual intervention. Information came into a shop in paper form (coding sheets) and was sent out in paper form (reports). | |
| Apr 14, 2011 at 15:24 | comment | added | S.Lott | "Production" means the software's being used to "produce" something of value. | |
| Apr 14, 2011 at 15:07 | history | answered | Keshav | CC BY-SA 3.0 |