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MANIAC II

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MANIAC II was a first-generation electronic computer, built in 1957 for use at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.

Facts
Year
1957 1
Significance
Its output included the table of numbers in the 1959 book The 3-j and 6-j Symbols. 1
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Source MANIAC II, Wikipedia
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1. MANIAC II, Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    The MANIAC II (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer Model II) is a first-generation electronic computer, that was built in 1957 for use at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
  • Lead, data products sentence
    One of the data products of MANIAC II was the table of numbers appearing in the book The 3-j and 6-j Symbols by Manuel Rotenberg, et al., published in 1959.
  • In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead sentence
    MANIAC II (Mathematical Analyzer Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer Model II) is a first-generation electronic computer, that was built in 1957 for use at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.
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Wikidata: MANIAC II
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