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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the first all electric general purpose computer that required no manual programming?
A
ENIAC
B
Colossus Mark I
C
Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
D
Harvard Mark I
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 combinations of these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one package.

Detailed explanation-2: -The result was ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), built between 1943 and 1945-the first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed without being slowed by any mechanical parts.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ENIAC: first general-purpose electronic computer.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) was the very first general-purpose electronic computer. It was designed primarily to calculate artillery firing tables to be used by the United States Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory to help US troops during World War II.

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