PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. The reviewed English history begins with Middle English calkelatour, a person who counted or computed; the machine inherits that human agent label.
/ˈkælkjəˌleɪtər/ · noun
A person or device that calculates, inherited from a medieval human-reckoner word and the Latin counting-pebble family.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Documents the human reckoner before the modern device sense.
Word History; definitions; First Known UseThe dossier places the human reckoner before the undated machine specialization.