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“In 1946, when the ENIAC computer was dedicated, it weighed over thirty tons.[1] “ENIAC” is the acronym for the Electronic Numeral Integrator and Computer.[2] In the early 1950s, the RAND Corporation built JOHNNIAC, a 2.5- ton computer.[3]

In 1966, a team of engineering students re created ENIAC on a single chip.[4] Today, a smartphone has more computing power than NASA had when the first men landed on the moon in 1969. Id.”  M. Berman, et al., eds., “Managing E-Discovery and ESI” (ABA 2011), 6 (citation omitted).

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[1] M. Verga, ‘A Supercomputer in Every Pocket: Mobile Devices in Ediscovery’ (Exterro Dec. 1, 2017).

[2] See Computer History Museum, https:// www . computer history . org / revolution / birth – of – the – computer / 4 / 78.

[3] Id., https:// www . computerhistory . org / revolution / birth – of – the – computer / 4 / 94.

[4] See M. Verga, supra.

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