COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS
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Question
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What was the average size of an ENIAC computer
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As small as an ant
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As big as an elephant
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As small as a monquito
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As big as a room
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -ENIAC weighed 30 tons, took up 1, 800 square feet of space, and was made of 17, 468 vacuum tubes, 1, 500 relays, 70, 000 resistors, 10, 000 capacitors, and nearly five million hand-soldered joints.
Detailed explanation-2: -ENIAC was enormous. It contained 17, 500 vacuum tubes, linked by 500, 000 soldered connections. It filled a 50-foot long basement room and weighed 30 tons.
Detailed explanation-3: -ENIAC-a room-sized contraption made of switches, cables, and 18, 000 glass containers ― was unveiled to the public 75 years ago this week, in a lab at the University of Pennsylvania.
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