The UNIVAC I, the Universal Automatic Computer I, was the first general purpose electronic digital computer for business applications produced in the United States. Designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the builders of ENIAC, the first UNIVAC was accepted by the United States Census Bureau on 31 March 1951. On election night 1952 it predicted, against the polls, that Eisenhower would win in a landslide over Stevenson at odds of 100 to 1, the moment a computer first entered American public life. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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YearAccepted by the United States Census Bureau on 31 March 1951. SignificanceThe first American commercial computer for business applications, and the machine whose 1952 election night prediction introduced computers to the American public. 1 FAQs
What did the Census Bureau say when it dedicated UNIVAC I?
The Census Bureau placard says it dedicated UNIVAC I on 14 June 1951 as the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer.
A placard in the United States Census Bureau, quoted by the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, says the Bureau of the Census dedicated the world's first electronic general purpose data processing computer, UNIVAC I, on 14 June 1951. The same entry says the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation designed and built the UNIVAC. The word first there is the Bureau's own wording of a priority claim, so read it as a statement from the placard.
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John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, ENIAC's designers, founded the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and went on to design UNIVAC I, the first commercially produced computer in the United States.
Source Wikipedia: J. Presper Eckert
John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, ENIAC's designers, founded the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and went on to design UNIVAC I, the first commercially produced computer in the United States.
Source Wikipedia: John Mauchly
Preceded By
ENIAC, Systems UNIVAC I was designed principally by Eckert and Mauchly, the builders of ENIAC.
Source Wikipedia: UNIVAC I
Predecessor Of
UNIVAC II, Systems UNIVAC II, released in 1958, was Remington Rands direct upgraded successor to the original UNIVAC I of 1951, sharing its architecture with faster circuitry and more memory.
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WikipediaIntroduction and Market Positioning sections
The UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer for business applications produced in the United States.
Market Positioning section
The machine predicted that Dwight D. Eisenhower would win in a landslide over Adlai Stevenson at a chance of 100 to 1.
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UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer for business applications produced in the United States.
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A few UNIVAC I systems stayed in service long after they were made obsolete by advancing technology.
Preceded By: ENIAC, Introduction
It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.
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- Wikidata Q1044055, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
- In Group: UNIVAC Line Computers, Wikidata instance-of computer model
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Wikipedia: J. Presper Eckert
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