Geek Fact for June 14th

By Judy Novotny / 06/14/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1951, the first commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, entered service at the Census Bureau.

The UNIVAC I used 5,200 vacuum tubes, weighed 29,000 pounds, consumed 125 kilowatts and could perform about 1,905 operations per second.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I#Major_physical_features

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.