biography
| name: |
Aiken, Howard (Hathaway)
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pronunciation:
[ayken]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1900–73)
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| biography:
| Mathematician and computer engineer, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He studied at Wisconsin and Chicago Universities, then moved to Harvard (1939–61), where he built the Automatic Sequence-Controlled Calculator (ASCC), or Harvard Mark I, the world's first program-controlled calculator (completed in 1943). An early form of digital computer, it was controlled by both mechanical and electrical devices. Mark II was built in 1947. On retiring from Harvard he taught at the University of Miami (1961–73). |
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