ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
History of the ENIAC computer. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, or Calculator) is considered the first successful electronic digital computer. It was built by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania under contract to the U.S. War Department. Designed for the calculation of ballistic trajectory tables, it officially became operational in February 1946 and was used successfully for about 9 years. It used 18,000 electronic vacuum tubes for all arithmetic processes. It calculated in decimal base and could calculate a ballistic trajectory faster than the projectile could execute it. The links included herein relate to the ENIAC.
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United States Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland: Mike Muuss: ENIAC Story
Read a January-February 1961 article on the ENIAC from 'ORDNANCE' at this site from Mike Muuss.
United States Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland: Mike Muuss: ENIAC: Army-Sponsored Revolution
Read a history of the ENIAC, an early computer used to calculate ballistic missile trajectories, at this site from Mike Muuss.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: 50th Anniversary of the ENIAC
Browse this commemorative site for the 50th anniversary (1996) of the ENIAC at this site from the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: ENIAC: Photograph
See a photograph of the ENIAC taken in 1946 at this web site from the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: John W. Mauchly: Development of the ENIAC Computer
View an exhibit concerning Mauchly with an emphasis on his work on the ENIAC at this site from the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: The Scientist: Looking Back at ENIAC: Computers Hit Half-Century Mark
Read an article in the August 21, 1995, edition of 'The Scientist' at this site from the University of Pennsylvania.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg: History of the ENIAC
Read an historical overview of the ENIAC, an early Army computer, at this site from Virginia Tech.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: ACM Committee on the Status of Women: Alice Burks
Read biography of a programmer at the University of Pennsylvania during the ENIAC's development.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: ACM Committee on the Status of Women: Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli
Read biography of a programmer at the University of Pennsylvania during the ENIAC's development.