The world's first computer had just been constructed; it filled a large room, bristled with 18,000 electron tubes and half a million solder joints, and had to be physically rewired for each new task.
世界第一台计算机刚刚造出来；它填满了一个大房间，布满18 000个电子管和50万个焊点，每次执行新任务都得实际重新接线。