ENIAC (/ˈini.æk/ or /ˈɛni.æk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)[1][2] wis amangst the earliest electronic general-purpose computers made. It wis Turing-complete, deegital, an coud solve "a lairge cless o numerical problems" throu reprogrammin.[3][4]

ENIAC
Fower ENIAC panels an ane o its three function tables, on display at the Schuil o Ingineerin an Applee'd Science at the Varsity o Pennsylvanie
ENIAC is located in Philadelphia
ENIAC
Location within Philadelphia
LocationVarsity o Pennsylvanie Depairtment o Computer an Information Science, 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvanie, U.S.
Coordinates39°57′08″N 75°11′28″W / 39.9522°N 75.1911°W / 39.9522; -75.1911Coordinates: 39°57′08″N 75°11′28″W / 39.9522°N 75.1911°W / 39.9522; -75.1911
PA merker dedicatitThursday, June 15, 2000

References eedit

  1. John Presper Eckert Jr. and John W. Mauchly, Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, United States Patent Office, US Patent 3,120,606, filed 26 June 1947, issued 4 February 1964; invalidated 19 October 1973 after court ruling on Honeywell v. Sperry Rand.
  2. Weik, Martin H. "The ENIAC Story". O R D N A N C E. 708 Mills Building – Washington, DC: American Ordnance Association (January–February 1961). Archived frae the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2015.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. Goldstine & Goldstine 1946, p. 97
  4. Shurkin, Joel (1996). Engines of the mind : the evolution of the computer from mainframes to microprocessors. New York: Norton. ISBN 0-393-31471-5.