girl-hour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

girl-hour girl-hours

Etymology

From girl + hour.

Related words

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