Origin  Asimov coined the name in imitation of UNIVAC, an early mainframe computer.

1951 First commercially available computer.

Multivac  Appears in many different stories.  A government-run computer that answers questions.  Usually buried deep underground for security purposes.  Multivac is mechanized and impersonal, consisting of complex command consoles few humans can operate.

Dated…  Though the technology depended on bulky vacuum tubes, the concept - that all information could be contained on computers and accessed from a domestic terminal - constitutes an early reference to the possibility of the Internet.

“The Machine That Won The War”  As you read this story take notes on the following:  The War  Multivac