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ENIAC- Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

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Audience/Grade: 8th Grade - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Computer Science
History of Science and Technology
Special Topic(s): History of Technology
Learning Resource Type: Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): U.S. Army Materiel Command Historical Office
Description: "Fifty years ago, the U.S. Army unveiled the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) the world's first operational, general purpose, electronic digital computer, developed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania. Of the scientific developments spurred by World War II, ENIAC ranks as one of the most influential and pervasive."
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Use of Resource: An article on the impact and history of the first computer.
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: Very Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/96summary/
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS