the term word processing was first used in 1869.
when was the term word processing first used?
1869
expensive typewriter, written and improved between 1961 and 1962 by steve piner and l. peter deutsch, was a text editing program that ran on a dec pdp-1 computer at mit. since it could drive an ibm selectric typewriter (a letter-quality printer), it may be considered the first-word processing program, but the term "word processing" itself was only introduced, by ibm's böblingen laboratory in the late 1960s.
word processor (electronic device)
oas included electronic mail and word processing. electronic mail use was initially restricted to a single minicomputer. much later, prime released email that worked with multiple prime computers in a network, and a synchronised global directory system. word processing was available either on dumb terminals like the pt25, pt45 and pst100, or on the partially intelligent pt65 terminal. the pt65 had to download the word processing software from the host minicomputer whenever the terminal was turned on. the terminal allowed the user to work on one page at a time, which was periodically saved to the minicomputer. this "intelligent workstation" concept for word processing was similar to the functions of popular systems from rival wang laboratories. prime's intelligent workstation for word processing was faster because it used rs232c cabling runs instead of the coaxial links that wang's systems used. nonetheless, the word processing was not of the highest quality, and the pt65 was subject to software errors that scrambled the documents being worked on.
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