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girl-hour

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

historical, obsolete

Examples

THEN by adopting automatic cartoning machine, productivity per girl-hour was increased by one-third.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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