ENIAC

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
gptkb:personal_computer
general-purpose electronic computer
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1945
gptkbp:announced 1946
gptkbp:architecture decimal
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:completedIn 1945
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfDecommission 1955
gptkbp:dateOfDedication 1946
gptkbp:dateOfFirstOperation 1945
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ENIAC
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:EDVAC
gptkb:UNIVAC
gptkb:UNIVAC_I
gptkbp:input punch cards
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:J._Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkbp:location gptkb:Moore_School_of_Electrical_Engineering
gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:U.S._Army_Ordnance_Museum
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:memoryType plugboard
punch cards
plugboard and switches
gptkbp:notableFor first general-purpose programmable electronic computer
gptkbp:notableProgram gptkb:Marlyn_Wescoff
gptkb:Betty_Holberton
gptkb:Frances_Spence
gptkb:Jean_Bartik
gptkb:Kathleen_Antonelli
gptkb:Ruth_Teitelbaum
gptkbp:numberOfAdditionsPerSecond 5,000
gptkbp:numberOfDivisionsPerSecond 38
gptkbp:numberOfMultiplicationsPerSecond 357
gptkbp:numberOfTubes about 17,468
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Betty_Jennings
gptkb:Betty_Snyder
gptkb:Fran_Bilas
gptkb:Kay_McNulty
gptkb:Marlyn_Wescoff
gptkb:Ruth_Lichterman
women mathematicians
gptkbp:output punch cards
gptkbp:partsLocatedAt gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:U.S._Army_Field_Artillery_Museum
gptkbp:powerSource about 150 kW
gptkbp:program manual rewiring
gptkbp:purpose ballistics calculations
military calculations
calculate artillery firing tables
gptkbp:significance first general-purpose electronic digital computer
gptkbp:speed 100 kHz
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:technology vacuum tube
vacuum tubes
gptkbp:usedFor calculating artillery firing tables
cosmic ray studies
mathematical calculations
nuclear weapon calculations
random number studies
thermal ignition studies
weather prediction
wind tunnel design
gptkbp:weight about 30 tons
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Julian_Bigelow
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3