1950년대 미국에서 공산주의자 색출 선동을 주도한 정치인 조셉 매카시 또는 그의 극단적인 반공주의 활동인 매카시즘을 지칭함.
Referring to Joseph McCarthy, the American senator famous for his accusations of communist infiltration, or the era of political repression associated with him.
예문:
"The legacy of McCarthy continues to be studied as a cautionary tale of political paranoia."
"Many artists were blacklisted during the height of the McCarthy era."
인공지능(AI)이라는 용어를 처음 제안하고 리스프(Lisp) 프로그래밍 언어를 개발한 컴퓨터 과학자 존 매카시.
The computer scientist John McCarthy, who coined the term 'artificial intelligence' and created the Lisp programming language.
예문:
"John McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence."
"McCarthy's invention of Lisp changed the landscape of symbolic computation."