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==Early test programs==
The BINAC ran a test program (consisting of 23 [[instruction (computer science)|instruction]]s) in March 1949, although it was not fully functional at the time. Here are early test programs that BINAC ran:

* February 7, 1949 – Ran a five-line program to fill the memory from register A.
* February 10, 1949 – Ran a five-line program to check memory.
* February 16, 1949 – Ran a six-line program to fill memory.
* March 7, 1949 – Ran 217 iterations of a 23-line program to compute squares. It was still running correctly when it stopped.
* April 4, 1949 – Ran a fifty-line program to fill memory and check all instructions. It ran for 2.5 hours before encountering an error. Shortly after that it ran for 31.5 hours without error.