BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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ENIAC
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EDVAC
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UNIVAC
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COBOL
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ENIAC I In 1946, John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert developed the ENIAC I (Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator).
Detailed explanation-2: -John William Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the scientists credited with the invention of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer completed in 1946.
Detailed explanation-3: -UNIVAC, the first commercially produced digital computer, is dedicated. On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in the United States. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer, was developed by a team of engineers led by J.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mauchly and Eckert began building UNIVAC I in 1948 and a contract for the machine was signed by the Census Bureau on March 31, 1951, and a dedication ceremony was held in June of that year.
Detailed explanation-5: -The UNIVAC 1 (Universal Automatic Computer 1) was the first commercial computer produced in the United States. It was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. This machine was used to predict the 1952 presidental election with only a 1% sample of the voting population.