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March 31, 1951
The First Computer
On March
31, 1951 the first UNIVAC I was delivered to United States Census Bureau.
The
UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was the first commercial computer
made in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and
John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer).
The
UNIVAC I was the first American computer designed at the outset for business
and administrative use. It competed directly against punch-card machines,
primarily manufactured by IBM. Originally
priced at $159,000, the UNIVAC I rose in price until they were between $1,250,000
and $1,500,000.
The machine was 25 feet by 50 feet in length, It weighed 29,000 pounds with internal storage capacity of 1,000 words or 12,000 characters.
Born 65 years ago?
Then congratulations for entering the world of Medicare. If you would like to
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…
