In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, 'Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.'... At the end of about a week, I called back and said, 'I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?'
Computer programming pioneer
Describing her method of using physical lengths of wire to visually represent and explain nanoseconds and microseconds to demonstrate the speed of electricity.
1986 (CBS 60 Minutes interview, August 24)
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