First General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computer

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Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf computer
gptkbp:applicationDate December 10, 1945
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:von_Neumann_architecture
gptkbp:built November 1945
gptkbp:component capacitors
switches
wires
vacuum tubes
circuit boards
resistors
relays
gptkbp:decommissioned 1955
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkbp:developedBy 1945
gptkbp:funding gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first general-purpose computer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computer
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Colossus
gptkb:Harvard_Mark_I
gptkb:Z3
Turing machine
gptkbp:inputOutput punched cards
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:ENIAC
gptkbp:language machine language
gptkbp:legacy paved the way for modern computing
gptkbp:location gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableFeature electronic
high-speed calculations
programmable
complex operation
general-purpose
first to use binary numbers
first to use electronic components
first to use stored programs
large physical size
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes over 17,000
gptkbp:performances up to 1000 lines per minute
up to 5000 instructions per second
gptkbp:powers 150 kilowatts
gptkbp:productionCompany printouts
gptkbp:RAM decimal
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:UNIVAC_I
gptkbp:successor gptkb:EDVAC
gptkbp:usedFor calculating artillery firing tables
gptkbp:weight 30 tons