Mark 1
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
<computer> (Or "Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator") A
{first generation computer} developed in 1944 by {Howard
Aiken} 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)