FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
First fully electronic digital computer built in the U.S. It was created at the University of Pennsylvania
A
ENIAC/UNIVAC
B
Abacus
C
Vacuum Tubes
D
Slide Rule
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -ENIAC, in full Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -Work on the ENIAC began at the University of Pennsylvania on June 5, 1943. The computer was completed in 1945 and unveiled on February 14, 1946. Although originally estimated to cost $150, 000, it ultimately cost $400, 000 to complete. The ENIAC was designed and developed by University of Pennsylvania Professor John W.

Detailed explanation-3: -World’s first electronic digital computer John Vincent Atanasoff, a former Iowa State professor of physics and mathematics, and Clifford Berry, a former physics graduate student and electrical engineering undergraduate, built the computer at Iowa State University from 1937 to 1942.

Detailed explanation-4: -ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the machine at the University of Pennsylvania at the behest of the U.S. military.

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