Fortunately, electronic computers were just becoming a thing.

幸运的是，电子计算机刚刚出现。

They said they were able to confirm that the growth was a tumor by using computed tomography, or CT images.

他们表示可以利用电子计算机X线体层照相机（CT影像）确定长大的是一个肿瘤。

So in summary, electronic computers were invented to help solve complicated math problems.

总，电子计算机的发明是为了帮助解决复杂的数学问题。

Early electronic computers, like the ENIAC, used a device called the vacuum tube.

早期的电子计算机， 如 ENIAC，使用一种称为真空管的装置。

Some early electronic computers were ternary, that's three states, and even quinary, using 5 states.

一些早期的电子计算机是三元的，即三个状态，甚至是元的，使用 5 个状态。

In 1949 the electronic computer ENIAC was used for 70 machine hours to calculate pi to more than 2,000 decimal places.

1949 年，电子计算机 ENIAC 花 70 机器工时算出了π小数点后 2000 多位。

Electronic computers work the same way, but instead of physical arrangements, the numbers are represented by electric voltages.

电子计算机的工作方式相同，但数字不是物理排列，是用电压表示。

The world's first General-Purpose electronic computer, the Eniac, completed in 1946, used a ton of them.

界上第一台通用电子计算机 Eniac 于 1946 年完成，使用了大量此类计算机。

After hundreds of years of trying, inventors finally came up with these, some of the very first electronic computers.

经过数百年的尝试， 发明家终于发明了这些，一些最早的电子计算机。

After the war, Turing and John von Neumann designed the first true programmable electronic computer, ENIAC, based on Turing's designs.

战后，图灵和约翰·冯·诺依曼根据图灵的设计设计出了第一台真正意义上的可编程电子计算机 ENIAC。

During the 60's, banks started installing other electronic computers that replaced punch cards with magnetic disks or tapes that could hold tens of megabytes!

在 60 年代，银行开始安装其他电子计算机，用可以容纳数十兆字节的磁盘或磁带代替打孔卡！

When the first all-purpose computer was completed in 1946, no one could have foreseen the enormous impact it would have in the years ahead.

当第一台多功能电子计算机在1946年安装完备的时候，没有人能预见它在未来岁月里的巨大影响力。

Even the first electronic computers, like Colossus and ENIAC, were configured using huge panels of mechanical controls and patch wires.

即使是第一台电子计算机，如 Colossus 和 ENIAC，也是使用巨大的机械控制面板和接线来配置的。

Named after John von Neumann, a prominent mathematician and physicist, who worked on the Manhattan project and several early electronic computers.

以著名的数学家和物理学家约翰·冯·诺依曼的名字命名，他参与了曼哈顿计划和几台早期的电子计算机。

One of the largest electro-mechanical computers built was the Harvard Mark I, completed in 1944 by IBM for the Allies during World War 2.

最大的电子计算机一叫做哈佛马克 1 号 (Harvard Mark I)， 于1944年在第二次界大战中由 IBM 为同盟国建造。

But before we get into all that, we should start at computing's origins, because although electronic computers are relatively new, the need for computation is not.

但在我们了解这一切前，我们应该从计算的起源讲起虽然电子计算机是比较新出现的，但人类对于计算的需要并不是。

Now electronic computer memory is great and all, but you still have to load the programming data in to the computer before it can run.

现在电子计算机内存很大，但还是得把编程数据载入计算机才能运行。

In 1953, there were only around 100 computers on the entire planet and at this point, the USSR was only a few years behind the West in computing technology, completing their first programmable electronic computer in 1950.

1953 年，整个地球上只有大约 100 台计算机，此时，苏联在计算术上仅落后西方几年，并于 1950 年完成了他们的第一台可编程电子计算机。