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Commercial Computer

A computer designed and offered for sale as a product, distinct from a one-off research or wartime machine. Belongs here: Ferranti Mark 1, LEO (computer), LGP-30 and UNIVAC I, each an early machine actually sold to customers. Does not belong here: a machine built as a single research project with no commercial offering, filed under Early Computer, or a later architecture family sold across many models, filed under Mainframe Family.

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Era of Emergence
1951 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: UNIVAC I
WikipediaUNIVAC I, lead section
Quote, UNIVAC I, lead section
The first UNIVAC was accepted by the United States Census Bureau on March 31, 1951, and was dedicated on June 14 that year.
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