FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -J. Presper Eckert was co-inventor of ENIAC, introduced to the public at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. ENIAC was considered a computer marvel, containing over 17, 000 vacuum tubes and weighing over 30 tons.

Detailed explanation-4: -John William Mauchly (August 30, 1907 – January 8, 1980) was an American physicist who, along with J. Presper Eckert, designed ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, as well as EDVAC, BINAC and UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer made in the United States.