abstract:A computer widow (or widower) is a term for those who have a relationship with a computer user, either one who plays video games, on a console or on the computer,STLtoday - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Archives uses the Internet, or creates his/her own programs,Conversations: Richard Petthia; Keeping Things Safe and Orderly In the Neighborhoods of Cyberspace - New York Times who pays far more attention to the computer or game than to his/her partner.
"Mauchly was the kind of guy who thought with his mouth open, " says his widow, Kay Mauchly Antonelli, who became one of the world's first computer programmers when she worked on the ENIAC.