girl-hour
girl-hour noun: a unit of computing power in the context of 1940s–1970s technology equal to one female worker working for one hour, for example, writing code or entering data to punch cards.
Noun
girl-hour (plural girl-hours)
- A unit of computing power in the context of 1940s–1970s technology equal to one female worker working for one hour, for example, writing code or entering data to punch cards.
- THEN by adopting automatic cartoning machine, productivity per girl-hour was increased by one-third.1950, Food Engineering, volume 22, Chilton Company, page 56
Forms of girl-hour
| plural | girl-hours |
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Origin of girl-hour
From girl + hour.
Questions about girl-hour
- What does girl-hour mean?
- Girl-hour means a unit of computing power in the context of 1940s–1970s technology equal to one female worker working for one hour, for example, writing code or entering data to punch cards.
- What part of speech is girl-hour?
- Girl-hour is a noun.
- What is the plural of girl-hour?
- The plural of girl-hour is girl-hours.
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