The first modern day computer programmers appeared during the 1940s to compute complex ballistic trajectories for the U.S. Army using the ENIAC computer. The programmers had no manuals or courses, only logical diagrams to help them figure out how to make the ENIAC work. They physically programmed by using the 3,000 switches and dozens of cables and digit trays to physically route data and program pulses through the machine.
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