Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Electronic_Numerical_Integrator_and_Computer_(ENIAC)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:personal_computer
historical computer
electronic digital computer
gptkbp:category first-generation computer
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfFirstOperation 1945
gptkbp:dateOfPublicAnnouncement 1946
gptkbp:developer gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:disassembled 1955
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:United_States_Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
gptkbp:input punch card
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Moore_School_of_Electrical_Engineering
gptkbp:memoryType plugboard
gptkbp:notableFor first general-purpose electronic digital computer
gptkbp:numberOfTubes about 17,468
gptkbp:output punch card
gptkbp:pieceCount 40
gptkbp:powerSource about 150 kW
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Atanasoff–Berry_Computer
gptkbp:program manual rewiring
gptkbp:purpose military calculations
artillery trajectory calculations
gptkbp:speed about 5,000 additions per second
gptkbp:successor gptkb:EDVAC
gptkbp:technology vacuum tube
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Ballistic_Research_Laboratory
gptkbp:weight about 30 tons
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5