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How Computing Was Built
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This dimension names the person or organization credited with creating a computing system. Wikipedia notes that an operating system "manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs," work that is always designed and built by a named creator. Browsing this way collects every system credited to the same creator.

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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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