... not a general-purpose computer because it was only designed to decode secret messages. Second, its existence was kept secret until decades after the war. American efforts produced more achievement. Howard Aiken, a Harvard engineer working with IBM, succeeded in producing an all-electronic calculator by 1944. Its purpose was to create ballistic charts for the Navy. It was half as long as ... ...

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