Length of room30.5 m
101,600Grains of salt
6.1 millionSpider silk threads
100 feet
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ENIAC
The first general-purpose electronic computer/Technology
Completed in 1945, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) filled an entire room, weighed 27 tonnes, and used 17,468 vacuum tubes. It could perform about 5,000 additions per second, which is roughly what a modern calculator does while feeling bored.
Measurements
Width6.1 tenths m
87.1 millionChip transistor gates
359 trillionProton diameters
1.02Tumbleweed diameters
Panels about 2 feet deep
Height2.44 m
191 billionthsEarth diameters
1.6 tenthsGarden hose lengths
8 feet tall
Total weight27,216 kg
12.4Rhinoceroses
118Upright pianos
About 30 US tons
Power consumption150,000 W
150Leaf blowers
37,500Night lights
150Running microwaves
150 kW
Floor space167 m^2
2.3 hundredthsFIFA soccer pitches
12.8Parking spaces
1800 sq ft
Clock speed100,000 Hz
787 billionSeasons
181,818Record players
1,667Rattlesnake rattles
100 kHz