Mark 1

computer (Or "Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator") A

first generation computer developed in 1944 by HowardAiken of Harvard University. The Mark 1 is seen as the

first full-sized digital computer. It weighed 5 tons, had 500

miles of wiring, was used only for numeric calculations, and

took three seconds to carry out one multiplication.

[Mechanism? Capacity? Programmability?]

(1996-11-24)