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Harvard Mark I, an Uncommon card
The Harvard Mark I, or IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, was one of the earliest general-purpose electromechanical computers used in the war effort during the last part of World War II.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 131
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 131 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Harvard Mark I quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Harvard Mark I card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
One of the first programs to run on the Mark I was ______ on 29 March 1944 by John von Neumann.
Answer
initiated. One of the first programs to run on the Mark I was initiated on 29 March 1944 by John von Neumann. From the Harvard Mark I article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Mark I also computed and printed mathematical tables, which had been the initial goal of British inventor Charles Babbage for his analytical engine in ____.
Answer
1830s. The Mark I also computed and printed mathematical tables, which had been the initial goal of British inventor Charles Babbage for his analytical engine in 1837. From the Harvard Mark I article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- One of the first programs to run on the Mark I was initiated on 29 March 1944 by John von Neumann.
- At that time, von Neumann was working on the Manhattan Project, and needed to determine whether implosion was a viable choice to detonate the atomic bomb that would be used a year later.
- The Mark I also computed and printed mathematical tables, which had been the initial goal of British inventor Charles Babbage for his analytical engine in 1837.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Harvard Mark I article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Harvard Mark I
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Harvard Mark I (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The original uploader was Daderot at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
