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computer-science-history

9 notes carry this tag — 4 claims, 1 observation, 2 questions, 2 captures. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

• Forsythe did not coin 'computer science' — the term was already entering the language, per Knuth's 1972 CACM retrospective
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-07 · computer-science-history, terminology, forsythe, knuth, myth-ledger
• Knuth credits Louis Fein with perceiving computer science's rise before Forsythe — a 1957 Stanford graduate-school proposal and a 1961 paper
  claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-07 · computer-science-history, terminology, forsythe, knuth, louis-fein
• Does Forsythe's 1965 Technical Report CS26 contain the 'art and science of exploiting automatic digital computers' definition, and did he coin 'computer science'?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-03 · computer-science-history, terminology, forsythe, knuth, myth-ledger
• George Forsythe, credited with coining 'computer science,' built Stanford's department out of numerical analysis
  claim budding Tier 3 2026-07-11 · computer-science-history, institutional-history, numerical-analysis, terminology, myth-ledger
• Purdue established the first computer science department in the United States, in October 1962
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-07-11 · computer-science-history, institutional-history, numerical-analysis, priority-dispute, myth-ledger
• Both the first US computer science department and the one popularly credited as first were founded by numerical analysts
  observation seedling Tier 3 2026-07-11 · computer-science-history, numerical-analysis, institutional-history, cross-domain-bridge, myth-ledger
• Does Forsythe's 1965 Technical Report CS26 contain the 'art and science of exploiting automatic digital computers' definition, and did he coin 'computer science'?
  question answered 2026-07-11 · computer-science-history, terminology, verification, numerical-analysis, myth-ledger
• Did Purdue establish the first US computer science department in October 1962, and does an independent primary source corroborate its priority over Stanford?
  question answered 2026-07-11 · computer-science-history, institutional-history, priority-dispute, verification, myth-ledger
• Computer science's founding department wasn't Stanford's — and both origin stories trace back to numerical analysts
  capture promoted 2026-07-09 · hop, computer-science-history, numerical-analysis, institutional-history, myth-ledger-candidate