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Grace Hopper made the talk circuit rounds in the early 80s carrying around her bundle of approximately 18" long wires she called "nanoseconds."

When an Admiral asked why there was so much delay when communicating through a satellite, she would get out one of her "nanoseconds" and explain that there were many nanoseconds up to the satellite and many more to get back down again.

Let me see if I can find a YouTube of her talk.

Here she is on Letterman. The link is cued up to the "nanosecond" schick, but the entire interview is worth watching.

https://youtu.be/1-vcErOPofQ?t=266

I may be mistaken, but I think I recall watching a 16mm movie of her give a lecture (including the nanosecond bit) when I was in USAF Tech School in 1978.

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I wonder if their was some finincial Gift from the Calhoun Family to Yale to name the College after him?

If so I would demand the money back with interest