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  1. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was:

  2. A.

     ENIAC

    B.

     Mark I

    C.

     Analytic engine

    D.

     UNIVAC-I

    E.

     None of the above

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    Answer : Option B

    Explanation :

    The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, called Mark I by Harvard University’s staff, was a general purpose electromechanical computer that was used in the war effort during the last part of World War II. One of the first programs to run on the Mark I was initiated on 29 March 1944 by John von Neumann.

    Source : wikipedia.org


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