The UNIVAC I was designed as a commercial data-processing computer, intended to replace the punched-card accounting machines of the day. It could read 7,200 decimal digits per second (it did not use binary numbers), making it by far the fastest business machine yet built.

2010年7月20日 · On June 14, 1951, the U.S. Census Bureau dedicates UNIVAC, the first commercially produced electronic digital computer in the United States. UNIVAC, which stood for Universal Automatic Computer ...

On March 31, 1951, the Census Bureau accepted delivery of the first UNIVAC computer. The final cost of constructing the first UNIVAC was close to $1 million. Forty-six UNIVAC computers were built for both government and business uses. Remington Rand became the first American manufacturers of a commercial computer system.

2011年9月18日 · In the 1950s, the UNIVAC mainframe became synonymous with the term "computer." It was November 4, 1952, and Americans huddled in their living rooms to follow the results of the Presidential race...

Users of UNIVAC played an important role in the development of programming languages. This model of the UNIVAC I computer has 18 pieces and 3 miniature chairs, all attached to a heavy white plastic-covered base. The base may be mounted on legs.

2024年9月11日 · UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer) is the first computer that was used for commercial purposes for the first time. It was developed by the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) and is based on the principles of vacuum tubes for …

Users of UNIVAC played an important role in the development of programming languages. This model of the UNIVAC I computer has 18 pieces and 3 miniature chairs, all attached to a heavy white plastic-covered base. The base may be mounted on legs.

2022年6月2日 · UNIVAC 1 (UNIVersal Automatic Computer) went into operation at the U.S. Bureau of the Census on June 14, 1951, ushering in the age of mass-produced computer equipment for consumers.

Computing burst into popular culture with UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer), arguably the first computer to become a household name. A versatile, general-purpose machine, UNIVAC was the brainchild of John Mauchly and Presper Eckert, creators of ENIAC.

It contains technical information of how UNIVAC I really worked. This includes the mercury delay line main-memory and the computational and control circuits that also used mercury delay lines. The second part has a yellow background. It mentions various people who …