harvard mark ii machine

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Harvard Mark II Machine

   <computer, history> A {relay}-based computer designed and
   built by {Howard Aiken}, with support from {IBM}, for the
   United States Navy's Naval Proving Ground, between 1942 -
   1947.  The Harvard Mark II was the second in a series of four
   {electro-mechanical} computers that were forerunners of the
   {ENIAC}.

   Harvard machines
   
(http://hoc.co.umist.ac.uk/storylines/compdev/electromechanical/harvardmarkmachines.html).

   (2003-09-13)