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