BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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electronic numerical integrator and computer
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electronic numerical integrator and calculator
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electrical numerical integrator and calculator
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electronical numerical integrator and computer
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Detailed explanation-1: -ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) was the world’s first general-purpose computer. ENIAC was designed and built for the United States Army to calculate artillery firing tables. However, it was ENIAC’s power and general-purpose programmability that excited the public’s imagination.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), introduced at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, was the world’s first electronic digital computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The ENIAC was composed of 40 panels and contained 17, 468 vacuum tubes, 7, 200 crystal diodes, 1, 500 relays, 70, 000 resistors, 10, 000 capacitors and around 5 million hand-soldered joints. It weighed more than 27 tons, took up 1800 square feet, and consumed 150 kW of power.