Literary writing as a technological function: from Ada Byron's calculation as writing to writing in programming languages

ENThe paper focuses on the concept of technical word or technical text having similar meaning to the concept of technical image defined by the Czech media theorist Vilém Flusser, who described the change in visual media from traditional to mechanical, digital or technology dependent. To justify the possibility of a similar term in linguistic arts, the ideas about the involvement of various technical devices in (literary) writing are discussed. The paper begins with Ada Byron’s insights that meaning can be calculated. In addition, speed is discussed as a determinant of the characteristics of writing influenced by the mechanical algorithm-based typewriter along with a possibility to manipulate, which relates to writing on a computer. Finally, the paper presents the most recent version of technical literary words telling how natural languages are rejected as the main medium and programming languages are used as the sign systems. Keywords: writing, calculation, manipulation, coding, media.