(UNIVersal Automatic Computer) The first mass produced and commercially ... the memory in the UNIVAC I was made of mercury-filled acoustic delay lines that held 1,000 12-digit numbers.

A computer that used vacuum tubes as switching elements; for example, the UNIVAC I. See computer generations. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

[ErnieTech] takes a glimpse at the UNIVAC computer that ran the operation in the 1980s. A lot of schools had UNIVAC 1100-series computers back in those days, so while you don’t hear as much ...