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Agenda ENIAC What is ENIAC? John Mauchly Picture J Presper Eckert Picture Collage Picture Video Work Cited
ENIAC Stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer Invented by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert in 1946 University of Pennsylvania
What is ENIAC? It was the first fully electronic digital computer. It contained 18,000 vacuum tubes Required manual rewiring to be programmed.
John Mauchly Grew up in Maryland Went to school in washington D.C Started to study engineer at the John Hopkins. His interests changed in the course of his studies He preferred physics He was awarded in doctorate in 1932
More about John Mauchly… 1940 Mauchly was teaching physics at Ursinus College He became interested in developing electronic computers He looked for ways to develop electrical circuits for computation
J Presper Eckert Born in Philadelphia Was an only child and Spent much of his time building radios and other mechanical and electronic devices. Eckert went to the University of Pennsylvania On October 28, 1944, Eckert married Hester Caldwell.
More about J Presper Eckert They had two sons, John Presper III and Christopher Hester died in Eckert married Judith A. Rewalt on October 13, 1962 Had two more children, Laura and Gregory.
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