electromechanical computer

noun

electromechanical computer

noun

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Computer hardware, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences An early type of computer that used electromagnetic relays.

In 1937, Howard Aiken, a mathematician at Harvard University, developed the idea for a general-purpose electromechanical computer, the Harvard Mark I.

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