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A look back at ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer

<p>On the 96th birth anniversary of American engineer, computer pioneer J. Presper Eckert, we take a look at his co-creation the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC), one of the first steps towards modern computing...</p>

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Programmers, Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Pic/YouTube

Programmers, Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Pic/YouTube

>> The ENIAC, which is an abbreviation of the title, Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was conceived and designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert of the University of Pennsylvania. The team of design engineers assisting the development included Robert F. Shaw (function tables), Jeffrey Chuan Chu (divider/square-rooter), Thomas Kite Sharpless (master programmer), Arthur Burks (multiplier), Harry Huskey (reader/printer) and Jack Davis (accumulators).

Programmers, Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Pic/YouTube
Programmers, Betty Jean Jennings (left) and Fran Bilas (right) operate ENIAC's main control panel at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Pic/YouTube

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