Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Universal_Automatic_Computer_(UNIVAC)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:personal_computer
mainframe computer
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Remington_Rand
gptkbp:category historical computer
first-generation computer
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:designer gptkb:J._Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Mauchly
gptkbp:firstCustomer gptkb:United_States_Census_Bureau
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC)
gptkbp:input magnetic tape
gptkbp:introduced 1951
gptkbp:length 12 characters
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Eckert–Mauchly_Computer_Corporation
gptkbp:memoryType mercury delay line memory
gptkbp:notableEvent predicted 1952 U.S. presidential election results on live television
gptkbp:notableFor first commercially available computer in the United States
gptkbp:operatingSystem none (programmed in machine code)
gptkbp:output magnetic tape
gptkbp:powerSource 125 kW
gptkbp:speed 2.25 MHz
gptkbp:successor gptkb:UNIVAC_II
gptkbp:technology vacuum tube
gptkbp:totalProduced 46
gptkbp:usedFor business data processing
scientific calculations
gptkbp:weight over 13,000 pounds
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._Presper_Eckert
gptkb:John_Presper_Eckert
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5