On 20/01/2018 11:55, Fredxx wrote:
The word 'Computer' is from the 1640s.

Except its association with calculating 'machine' comes much later, late
19th Century?

Up to then, anyone able to add up could be called a 'computer'

Isn't that a computor?
Mind in the 1640s any spelling was OK. Just ask Will Shaksper.

Andy