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Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Electronic_Discrete_Variable_Automatic_Computer_(EDVAC)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:personal_computer
gptkbp:architecture
stored-program computer
gptkbp:builtYear
gptkb:Moore_School_of_Electrical_Engineering,_University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designer
gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer (EDVAC)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:EDSAC
gptkb:IAS_machine
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:ENIAC
gptkbp:input
punched cards
gptkbp:length
44 bits
gptkbp:memoryType
mercury delay line memory
gptkbp:notableFor
one of the first stored-program computers
binary computation
separation of memory and processing
gptkbp:notableProject
gptkb:Herman_Goldstine
gptkb:Arthur_Burks
gptkbp:numberOfTubes
approximately 6,000
gptkbp:output
punched cards
gptkbp:powerSource
56 kW
gptkbp:purpose
scientific computing
gptkbp:startYear
1944
gptkbp:status
decommissioned
gptkbp:yearCompleted
1949
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:J._Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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