[Infographic] A Look Back at UNIVAC | Sciences & Technology | Scoop.it
From www.readwriteweb.com - April 2, 2012 1:00 PM
It was the first computer - ever - and it was turned on in March of 1951 for the U.S. Census Bureau. The UNIVAC, or Universal Automatic Computer, was big: an entire room, filled with more than 5,000 vacuum tubes and consuming 150 kW of power.