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Did the First Computer Weigh?

James H. Sterling • • 5 min read
Did the First Computer Weigh?

First Univac 1 delivered to US Census Bureau
Created by Presper Eckert and John Mauchly -- designers of the earlier ENIAC
ENIAC
ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer made in 1945. ... ENIAC was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania on February 15, 1946, and was heralded as a "Giant Brain" by the press.
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computer -- the Univac 1 used 5,200 vacuum tubes and weighed 29,000 pounds.

How much did the first computer weigh kg?

In 1943, Howard H. Aiken and a team at Harvard University built a machine that many people call the first computer. The "ASCC Mark I" was 17 meters long and weighed 4,545 kg. It read its programs from punched paper tape or punched cards.

What was the size and weight of the first computer?

The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons.

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