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toomuchtodo ◴[] No.43547152[source]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Webb_(code_breaker)
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tocs3 ◴[] No.43547697[source]
From wikipedia:

some tasks performed include registering messages on little cards, which Webb believes totaled 10,000 a day in the whole park, and organizing the cards into shoeboxes according to a strict order so they could be retrieved efficiently when called for.

I suppose times have changed.

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1. dylan604 ◴[] No.43549932[source]
they called them computers for a reason