Computing Unit Tank Tops
Description: A circular emblem features two rockets in white and blue, connected by a chain. The background is black with white stars and blue circuit board patterns. Various mathematical formulas, graphs, and a retro computer are depicted within the circle. The text 'WEST AREA COMPUTING UNIT' is written in a blue arc around the emblem.
Description: A "mission patch" for the "WEST AREA COMPUTING UNIT", celebrating the women of colour working as computers (the original, human kind) calculating orbits for the engineers at NASA's predecessor NACA in the 40's and 50's. They were portrayed in the book and film Hidden Figures. The smoke from the rocket is made up of actual equations from one of computer Katherine Johnson's technical reports. The rocket is the Atlas LV-3B carrying the Mercury capsule Friendship 7 with John Glenn in 1962.
Description: A central processing unit (CPU) is a hardware component that’s the core computational unit in a server. Servers and other smart devices convert data into digital signals and perform mathematical operations on them. The CPU is the primary component that processes the signals and makes computing possible. It acts as the brain of any computing device. It fetches instructions from memory, performs the required tasks, and sends output back to memory. It handles all computing tasks required for running the operating system and applications.
