The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century.
Ruleskeepstatetoextendtheircontextacross theirhistory of invocations, enablingdecisionsorcomputations that consider more than just theargumentspassed on the currentinvocation.
As Dr Gonthier, and other supporters of the use of computers, point out, there is no reason to think that humans are less fallible than computers when doing long computationsor proofs.