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Erna Schneider Hoover, a Common card
Erna Schneider Hoover is an American mathematician who invented a computerized telephone switching method which revolutionized modern communication.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 48
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It prevented system overloads by monitoring call center traffic and prioritizing tasks on phone switching systems to enable more robust service during peak calling times.
- At Bell Laboratories where she worked for over 32 years, Hoover was described as a pioneer for women in the field of computer technology.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Erna Schneider Hoover article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 48: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Erna Schneider Hoover
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Erna Schneider Hoover (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
