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UNIVAC 1105

Commercial Computer

The UNIVAC 1105 was a follow-on computer to the UNIVAC 1103A, introduced by Sperry Rand in September 1958. It used 21 types of vacuum tubes, 11 types of diodes, 10 types of transistors and three types of magnetic core.

Facts
Year
1958 1
Significance
One of only three UNIVAC 1105s built, with the other two operated by the United States Census Bureau and the Armour Institute of Technology. 1
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In Field

Computer Architecture, Fields
Source UNIVAC 1105, Wikipedia
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Developed By

Sperry Corporation

Also in Business Atlas: the developer of this subject.

Sources
1. UNIVAC 1105, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    The UNIVAC 1105 was a follow-on computer to the UNIVAC 1103A introduced by Sperry Rand in September 1958.
  • Chapel Hill section
    It was intended primarily for the United States Census Bureau, which had one of its own; Armour Institute of Technology had the other.
  • In Group: UNIVAC Line Computers, Wikidata instance-of computer model
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead
    The UNIVAC 1105 was a follow-on computer to the UNIVAC 1103A introduced by Sperry Rand in September 1958.
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Wikidata: UNIVAC 1105
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