ENIAC project

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The ENIAC project was an early U.S. military-funded effort during World War II to develop one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers, laying foundational concepts for modern computing.

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ENIAC 18
ENIAC computer 1
ENIAC project canonical 1

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instanceOf computer development project
military research project
aimedToDevelop general-purpose electronic digital computer
basedOn electronic digital computation principles
contributedTo advancement of numerical analysis
automation of military calculations
development of modern computer architecture
country United States
developer J. Presper Eckert
John W. Mauchly
endTime 1946
era World War II
field computer science
electrical engineering
military technology
fundedBy U.S. Army
linked to: United States Army

U.S. Army Ordnance Department
genre large-scale computing project
hasPart ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
hasProduct ENIAC computer
linked to: ENIAC project
hasSubject ballistics
electronic computing hardware
numerical computation
inception 1943
influenced EDVAC project
linked to: EDVAC

stored-program computer design
influencedBy ballistics computation needs
locatedIn Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
location Moore School of Electrical Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
notableFor being among the first general-purpose electronic digital computer projects
laying foundations for modern computing
participant J. Presper Eckert
John W. Mauchly
purpose compute artillery firing tables
perform complex numerical calculations
significantEvent completion of ENIAC in 1945
public unveiling of ENIAC in 1946
sponsor U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory
startTime 1943
timePeriod World War II
uses decimal arithmetic
plugboard programming
vacuum tubes

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J. Presper Eckert notableWork ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
J. Presper Eckert coInventorOf ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly notableWork ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly coInventor ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
ENIAC project hasPart ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
ENIAC project hasProduct ENIAC computer
linked to: ENIAC project
Moore School of Electrical Engineering associatedWith ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
EDVAC influencedBy ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
J. Presper Eckert notableWork ENIAC
subject linked to: Presper
linked to: ENIAC project
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation associatedWith ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation predecessorInWork ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
BINAC predecessor ENIAC
linked to: ENIAC project
John Presper Eckert notableWork ENIAC
subject linked to: John
linked to: ENIAC project
John Presper Eckert coInvented ENIAC
subject linked to: John
linked to: ENIAC project
John Presper Eckert coDesigned ENIAC
subject linked to: John
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly notableWork ENIAC
subject linked to: Mauchly
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly coInvented ENIAC
subject linked to: Mauchly
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly developed ENIAC
subject linked to: Mauchly
linked to: ENIAC project
John W. Mauchly notableWork ENIAC
subject linked to: John
linked to: ENIAC project