Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:personal_computer
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:ENIAC
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1945
gptkbp:category 1940s computers
history of computing hardware
one-of-a-kind computers
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:displayedAt gptkb:Smithsonian_Institution
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:U.S._Army_Ordnance_Department
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first general-purpose electronic digital computer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:EDSAC
gptkb:Manchester_Mark_I
gptkb:UNIVAC_I
gptkbp:input punch cards
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:memoryType plugboard
punch cards
gptkbp:numberOfTubes about 17,468
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:output punch cards
gptkbp:powerSource about 150 kW
gptkbp:program manual rewiring
gptkbp:purpose calculate artillery firing tables
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:EDVAC
gptkbp:technology vacuum tube
gptkbp:usedFor nuclear weapons calculations
gptkbp:weight about 30 tons
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ENIAC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4