ENIAC

ENIAC
   Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. On February 14, 1946 (Valentine's Day) ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer, was activated for the first time. It weighed 30 tons, occupied 1,800 square feet, had over 19,000 vacuum tubes, 70,000 resisters, 10,000 capacitors, 6,000 toggle switches and performed up to 5,000 calculations per second. It had the computing power of a modern electronic wristwatch. The vacuum tubes burned out so fast that two men did nothing but changed tubes all day. ENIAC's main function was to calculate the trajectories of projectiles and bombs.

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  • Eniac — auf einem Bild der US Armee Der Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) war der erste rein elektronische digitale Universalrechner. Im Auftrag der US Armee wurde er ab 1942 von J. Presper Eckert und John W. Mauchly an der University… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ENIAC — auf einem Bild der US Armee, im Vordergrund Betty Snyder, im Hintergrund Glen Beck …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ENIAC — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ENIAC ENIAC es un acrónimo de Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (Computador e Integrador Numérico Electrónico), utilizada por el Laboratorio de Investigación Balística del Ejército de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • ENIAC —   [Abk. für Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, dt. »elektronischer numerischer Integrierer und Rechner«], offiziell am 14. Februar 1946 in Betrieb genommener, erster vollelektronische Computer der Welt. Andere zu dieser Zeit gebau …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ENIAC — es un acrónimo inglés de Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (Computador e Integrador Numérico Electrónico), utilizada por el Balistic Research Laboratory de la Armada de los Estados Unidos. Máquina gigantesca que ha sido la primera… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • ENIAC — (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer) var den første amerikanske computer. Den blev designet af John William Mauchly og John Presper Eckert …   Danske encyklopædi

  • ENIAC — sigla ES ingl. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, integratore ed elaboratore numerico elettronico …   Dizionario italiano

  • ENIAC — [ e:ni̯ak] der; s, s Kurzw. aus engl. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator bzw. Computer »elektronischer numerischer Integrator u. (Be)rechner«> erster elektronischer Rechenautomat …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • ENIAC — acronym from electronic numeral integrator and computer, device built 1946 at University of Pennsylvania by John W. Mauchly Jr., J. Presper Eckert Jr., and J.G. Brainerd. It cost $400,000, used 18,000 radio tubes, and was housed in a 30 foot by… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ENIAC — (Electronic Numeral Integrator and Computer) n. one of the first and largest electronic computers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • eniac — /enˈi ak/ noun An early American electronic computer ORIGIN: electronic numerical integrator and calculator …   Useful english dictionary

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