(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)
