ENIAC computer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical computer
electronic computer
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1945
gptkbp:calculationSpeed about 5,000 additions per second
gptkbp:category first-generation computer
gptkbp:cost about $487,000 (1946)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:height about 2.4 meters
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ENIAC computer
gptkbp:influenced modern computing
gptkbp:input punched cards
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:length about 30 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:memoryType no internal memory
gptkbp:notableFor first general-purpose electronic digital computer
gptkbp:notableProgram gptkb:Marlyn_Wescoff
gptkb:Betty_Holberton
gptkb:Frances_Spence
gptkb:Jean_Bartik
gptkb:Kathleen_Antonelli
gptkb:Ruth_Teitelbaum
gptkbp:numberOfTubes about 17,468
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Ballistics_Research_Laboratory
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 1945-1955
gptkbp:output punched cards
gptkbp:powerSource about 150 kW
gptkbp:program manual rewiring
gptkbp:purpose calculate artillery firing tables
gptkbp:successor gptkb:EDVAC
gptkbp:technology plugboard
switches
vacuum tube
gptkbp:unveiled February 14, 1946
gptkbp:usedFor cosmic ray studies
mathematical calculations
random number studies
thermal ignition studies
weather prediction
wind tunnel design
nuclear weapons calculations
gptkbp:weight about 30 tons
gptkbp:width about 0.9 meters
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer_project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7