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Harvard Mark IV

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The Harvard Mark IV was an electronic stored-program computer built by Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Aiken for the United States Air Force, completed in 1952. It remained at Harvard, where the Air Force made extensive use of it.

Facts
Year
1952 1
Significance
It separated the storage of data and instructions, sometimes referred to as the Harvard architecture. 1
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Connections

In Field

Computer Architecture, Fields
Source Harvard Mark IV, Wikipedia

Invented By

Howard Aiken, Pioneers
Source Harvard Mark IV, Wikipedia
Sources
1. Harvard Mark IV, Wikipedia
  • Lead, sentence 2
    The computer was completed in 1952.
  • Lead, architecture sentence
    It separated the storage of data and instructions in what is now sometimes referred to as the Harvard architecture.
  • Lead sentence
    Harvard Mark IV was an electronic stored-program computer built by Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Aiken for the United States Air Force.
  • Invented By: Howard Aiken, Infobox, developer field
    Howard Aiken
  • In Group: Harvard Mark Computers, Lead
    The Harvard Mark IV was an electronic stored-program computer built by Harvard University under the supervision of Howard Aiken for the United States Air Force.
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Wikidata: Harvard Mark IV
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