electromechanical computer

noun

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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Meanings

nounelectromechanical computer (plural electromechanical computers)

plural electromechanical computers · alternative electro-mechanical computer

  1. computer hardwareAn 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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