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She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.
She wears a full-length black dress reminiscent of a nun's habit or puritan's robe.<ref>Referencing the solid black color scheme of the computer.</ref> The many panels fastened with glass buttons allow her servants to maintain and swap out parts. She wears a veiled wide brimmed hat that typically covers her face. Her accessories include a pocket-belt, various counting beads, abacii and other calculation devices, and artillery charts rolled up and carried on her back.


After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, period Women's Army Corps uniforms were incorporated into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.  
After deploying to the Ballistics Research Laboratory, she incorporated period Women's Army Corps uniforms into her wardrobe, albeit modified to suit her sense of style.  


Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>
Initially, ENIAC-tan was animated by coordinated manipulation of her wires.<ref>Early programming required manual timekeeping and rewiring.</ref> She could control different parts of her body even if they were detached, and could swap out or add additional limbs.<ref>Modules operated independently before being linked.</ref> The "conversion" process she underwent later in life gave her a more conventional physical configuration and improved mobility, at the cost of sheer speed and power.<ref>Conversion code process made the ENIAC easier to program at the cost of speed.</ref>