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  1. ENIAC - Wikipedia

    ENIAC (/ ˈɛniæk /; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) [1][2] was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. [3][4] Other computers had some of …

  2. History, Computer, Stands For, Machine, & Facts - Britannica

    Feb 11, 2026 · ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States and completed in 1946. The project was led by John Mauchly, J. …

  3. The First Computer: Technology that Changed the World

    Jan 24, 2022 · Its 1941 successor, the fully automatic, digital Z3 was the first programmable computer. The computer instructions for this electromechanical wonder had to be fed into it with punch cards …

  4. Penn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80

    Feb 11, 2026 · Housed in the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School Building, ENIAC—the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer—launched in 1946. ENIAC’s ability to be …

  5. ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose digital computer, turns 80 ...

    Feb 14, 2026 · Tech Industry ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose digital computer, turns 80 years old today — legendary hulking machine was 1,000x faster than its nearest rival

  6. Why engineers in Philadelphia created ENIAC, the first general …

    Feb 11, 2026 · This is just one example that can be traced back to the development of the first general-purpose electronic computer in Philadelphia.

  7. ENIAC: The World’s First Computer - IEEE Life Members

    Feb 5, 2026 · Short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the ENIAC was the first electronic computer used for general purposes, such as solving numerical problems. It was designed and …

  8. Computers | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History …

    Conceived by Harvard physics professor Howard Aiken, and designed and built by IBM, the Harvard Mark 1 is a room-sized, relay-based calculator. The machine had a fifty-foot long camshaft running …

  9. ENIAC - Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

    Developed in Philadelphia during World War II, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) made history as the world’s first general-purpose, nonmechanical computer.

  10. Atanasoff–Berry computer - Wikipedia

    Atanasoff and Berry's computer work was not widely known until it was rediscovered in the 1960s, amid patent disputes over the first instance of an electronic computer.