tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145120678290195131.post2132470565797152860..comments2024-03-21T16:22:06.514+02:00Comments on Probably Approximately a Scientific Blog: Fun with Google NgramsVered Shwartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17531957962535846245noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145120678290195131.post-33338432988415806522015-10-16T18:23:47.319+03:002015-10-16T18:23:47.319+03:00I really liked the first graph you added. I alread...I really liked the first graph you added. I already knew the Ngram Viewer but I never thought of trying to search for something like this. Now I tried something similar. I searched for "chip,microchip,cpu":<br />https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chip%2Cmicrochip%2Ccpu&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=9&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cchip%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmicrochip%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ccpu%3B%2Cc0<br />It shows, as expected, that the word chip existed a long time ago but only when CPUs and microchips were introduced sometime in the 60s, the word "chip" really took off.shwartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744914397813357107noreply@blogger.com