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fromABC7 Los Angeles
6 days ago

The first computer, ENIAC, is on display at the University of Pennsylvania

ENIAC, the first programmable electronic computer, was completed in 1945 at the University of Pennsylvania, marking the beginning of the information age.
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fromTheregister
2 months ago

Learning computer theory with wood, cardboard, and hot glue

PS Academy Arizona students built a full-scale, visually accurate, non-functional 500-square-foot replica of ENIAC to mark its 80th anniversary.
fromBig Think
6 months ago

Why your AI strategy needs guidance from an 82-year-old computer

The plan began with ENIAC [Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer]. Commissioned by the Army Ordinance Corps at the midpoint of World War II, ENIAC was the world's first electronic general-purpose computer. Built of metal cabinets packed with 17,468 vacuum tubes (descendants of the lightbulb that would, in later decades, be superseded by transistors), it could dash through five-thousand additions a second - at the cost of enough kilowatts to power your modern household for three years.
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