First generation computer
<architecture> A prototype computer based on vacuum tubes and other esoteric technologies.
Chronologically, any computer designed before the mid-1950s.
Examples include Howard Aiken's Mark 1 (1944), Maunchly and Eckert's ENIAC (1946), and the IAS computer.
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