ENIAC’s Architects Wove Stories Through Computing
This year marks the 80th anniversary of ENIAC, the first general-purpose digital computer. The computer was built during World War 2 to speed up ballistics calculations, but its contributions to computing extend well beyond military applications. Two …
ENIAC, the First General-Purpose Digital Computer, Turns 80
Happy 80th anniversary, ENIAC! The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first large-scale, general-purpose, programmable electronic digital computer, helped shape our world.On 15 February 1946, ENIAC—developed in the Moore School of Elect…