(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)