Harvard Mark I and smartphone: what they have in common
- Step 1. Harvard Mark I — uses — Punched card. The program was read from punched tape and the data from punched cards.
- Step 2. Punched card — is used in — Mainframe. Programs were entered on punched cards.
- Step 3. Mainframe — has part — Magnetic-core memory. Magnetic-core memory.
- Step 4. Magnetic-core memory — evolved into — RAM. DRAM displaced core memory.
- Step 5. RAM — is part of — Smartphone. RAM.