UNIVAC I

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UNIVAC I was one of the earliest commercial electronic computers, pioneering large-scale data processing for government and business in the early 1950s.

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instanceOf commercial electronic computer ⓘ
first-generation computer ⓘ
mainframe computer ⓘ
stored-program computer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Universal Automatic Computer I ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
architecture binary ⓘ
clockSpeed 2.25 MHz ⓘ
commercialAvailability 1951 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designCompleted 1949 ⓘ
developer J. Presper Eckert ⓘ
John W. Mauchly ⓘ
era early 1950s ⓘ
firstDelivered 1951 ⓘ
firstDeliveredTo United States Census Bureau ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped establish the commercial computer industry ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
inputDevice UNISERVO magnetic tape drive ⓘ
paper tape reader ⓘ
mainMemoryCapacity 1000 words ⓘ
12000 characters ⓘ
manufacturer Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation ⓘ
Remington Rand ⓘ
marketedBy Remington Rand UNIVAC division ⓘ
linked to: Remington Rand
memoryType mercury delay-line memory ⓘ
notableEvent predicted outcome of the 1952 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
notableFor being among the first commercially available computers in the United States ⓘ
pioneering large-scale electronic data processing ⓘ
numberBuilt 46 ⓘ
numberOfVacuumTubes about 5200 ⓘ
outputDevice printer ⓘ
powerConsumption about 125 kW ⓘ
primaryUse business data processing ⓘ
government data processing ⓘ
large-scale data processing ⓘ
programmingLanguage assembly language ⓘ
machine code ⓘ
storageMedium metal magnetic tape ⓘ
successor UNIVAC II ⓘ
tapeCapacity about 1.44 megabytes per reel ⓘ
tapeSpeed 128 inches per second ⓘ
technology vacuum tubes ⓘ
usedBy Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
U.S. Air Force ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army

U.S. Navy ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy

United States Census Bureau ⓘ
private corporations ⓘ
weight about 13 metric tons ⓘ
wordLength 12 characters ⓘ
72 bits ⓘ

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John W. Mauchly → notableWork → UNIVAC I ⓘ
John W. Mauchly → coInventor → UNIVAC I ⓘ
Burroughs Corporation → competitor → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
1960 United States census → processingTechnology → UNIVAC computer systems ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → notableProduct → UNIVAC line of computers ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → associatedWith → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
BINAC → influenced → UNIVAC I ⓘ
BINAC → successor → UNIVAC series ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Remington Rand → product → UNIVAC I ⓘ
Remington Rand → product → UNIVAC computer line ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
John W. Mauchly → coInvented → UNIVAC I ⓘ
subject linked to: Mauchly
John W. Mauchly → developed → UNIVAC I ⓘ
subject linked to: Mauchly
John W. Mauchly → hasPartInvention → electronic numerical integrator and computer ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: UNIVAC I
Kathleen McNulty Mauchly → workedOn → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
UNIVAC I → alsoKnownAs → Universal Automatic Computer I ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Control Data Corporation → competedWith → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
BUNCH → consistsOf → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Sperry Corporation → product → UNIVAC computers ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
Sperry Corporation → owns → UNIVAC ⓘ
linked to: UNIVAC I
FLOW-MATIC → targetHardware → UNIVAC I ⓘ
subject linked to: FLOW-MATIC programming language
Grace Hopper → employer → UNIVAC division of Sperry Rand ⓘ
subject linked to: Amazing Grace
linked to: UNIVAC I
FLOW-MATIC → targetPlatform → UNIVAC I ⓘ
Kay McNulty → programmed → UNIVAC I ⓘ
UNIVAC II → predecessor → UNIVAC I ⓘ