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A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine linotype keyboard] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine linotype keyboard] , Self-published work by Emdx, October 06, 2004, Copyright 2006 Marc Dufour for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en CC BY-SA 2.5], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETAOIN_SHRDLU ETAOIN SHRDLU from Wikipedia]</ref> ]]

'''ETAOIN SHRDLU''',<br/>
a chess program by [[Garth Courtois Jr.]] from the [[Michigan State University]]. ETAOIN SHRDLU ran on a [[Nova#1200|Nova 1200]] minicomputer <ref>[http://www.ababsurdo.com/?p=2235 GG Says, August 7th, 2008] from [http://www.ababsurdo.com/ ababsurdo.com]</ref> and competed at the [[ACM 1975]] becoming Third, and the [[ACM 1976]]. ETAOIN SHRDLU is the approximate order of frequency of the twelve most commonly used letters in the English language and was used as the two first columns of keys on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linotype_machine#Keyboard Linotype machine keyboard] <ref>[http://www.hpricecpa.com/typewriterinfo14.html The Chestnut Ridge Typewriter Museum: Smith Premier 10 Linowriter, ca. 1910]</ref> .

=Selected Games=
[[ACM 1975]], round 4, [[Awit|Wita]] - ETAOIN SHRDLU <ref>[[David Levy]] (ed.) ('''1988'''). ''[[Computer Chess Compendium]]''. Chapter 9.1 Games from the ACM Tournaments</ref>
<pre>
[Event "ACM 1975"]
[Site "Minneapolis, MN"]
[Date "1975.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wita"]
[Black "ETAOIN SHRDLU"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nf5 g6 6.Ng3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Ng4+
9.Kf3 Qxg5 10.h4 Qe3+ 11.Kxg4 d5+ 12.Nf5 Bxf5# 0-1
</pre>

=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETAOIN_SHRDLU ETAOIN SHRDLU from Wikipedia]
* [http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/ETAOIN_SHRDLU ETAOIN SHRDLU - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia]
* [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2777/whats-the-origin-of-the-mysterious-phrase-etaoin-shrdlu The Straight Dope: What's the origin of the mysterious phrase "etaoin shrdlu"?]
* [http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-eta1.htm World Wide Words: Etaoin shrdlu]
* [http://www.css.washington.edu/emc/title/4558 Farewell ETAOIN SHRDLU]
* [http://somewhereelse.com.au/?p=340 Somewhere Else » Blog Archive » ETAOIN SHRDLU]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHRDLU SHRDLU from Wikipedia]
* [http://hci.stanford.edu/%7Ewinograd/shrdlu/ SHRDLU] a program for understanding natural language, written by [[Mathematician#TWinograd|Terry Winograd]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]

=References=
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