FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

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HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which was the first electronic general-purpose computer?
A
Analytic Engine
B
Atanasoff-Berry Computer
C
Difference Engine
D
ENIAC
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ENIAC: first general-purpose electronic computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one package.

Detailed explanation-3: -EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) was the successor to the ENIAC computer (Fig. 23.3). It was a stored program computer and it cost $500, 000. Eckert and Mauchly proposed it in 1944, and design work commenced prior to the completion of ENIAC.

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