DYSEAC was the second Standards Electronic Automatic Computer, a first-generation computer built by the United States National Bureau of Standards for the Army Signal Corps, going into operation in April 1954. Housed inside a truck, it was one of the first movable computers, using 900 vacuum tubes and 24,500 crystal diodes with 512 words of mercury delay-line memory, and it may have been the first computer to implement interrupts for input and output.
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SignificanceHoused in a truck, it was one of the first movable computers. 1 Sources
1. DYSEAC, Wikipedia
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It was housed in a truck, making it one of the first movable computers (perhaps the first).
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