Johnniac

2 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  JOHNNIAC
       JOHN von Neumann Integrator and Automatic Computer
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:



  Johnniac
       
           A {mainframe} computer based on a design by {John
          von Neuman} built at the {Institute for Advanced Study}, USA.
          The Johnniac went live in 1953 and was decommissioned in 1966.
          It's memory consisted of 80 special "Selectron}" {vacuum
          tubes}, each of which held 256 bits of data.
       
          (2003-06-07)