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7 August, 1944

On 7th August 1944, the first program-controlled calculator was dedicated by IBM. The Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC) was a general purpose computer used in the war effort during the last part of World War II. The ASCC is also known as Mark I by Harvard University staff.