Programming was done by plugging hundreds of wires into plugboards, sort of like old school telephone switchboards, in order to set up the computer to perform the right operations.

编程方法是把几百根电线插到插板里，有点像老电话交换机，这样计算机才会执行正确的操作。

More modern examples include telephone switchboard operators being replaced with automatic switchboards in 1960, and robotic arms replacing human painters in car factories in the 1980s.

更现代的例子包括 1960 年代电话总机接线员被自动总机取代，以及 1980 年代汽车工厂中机械臂取代人类油漆工。