ENIAC

The ENIAC computer was a gateway to modern technology. It brought along the invention of many other computers. Technology has come very far since 1946 when this computer/calculator was first being built. It was invented by two young geniuses, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. The ENIAC is an acronym standing for “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer.” Its purpose was to be built for World War II as a confidential military project; the ENIAC was a project funded by the United States government and the building began in 1943 at the Moore School of the University of Pennsylvania. The ENIACs original motive for invention was for the war; however, it was not totally completed and tested until after the war had been won. One big problem with the ENIAC was that it was of massive proportions. It was the size of a full room. This is a drastic difference compared to modern day cell phones, computers, and calculators that can fit in your pocket. The ENIAC was exactly that- a giant calculator. Its large size was acceptable and appropriate at the time, but today that would be ridiculously oversized. In the midst of the 1940’s when this computer…

The ENIAC was the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United States. The ENIAC was an all-electronic computer developed for the military, designed for the specific purpose of computing values for artillery range tables, although it didn’t have some features that would have made it much more useful machine. It took many days to rewire it for each problem and required a team working on it just to keep it running daily. While I may seem…

Segment [06:39-09:58] The inventors of Eniac, John Mauchly and Presper Eckert were reluctant to give up their dreams hence they started a computer company. Their first step was to find customers for their company. Eckert and Mauchly knew that their first customers were in the business community. The business community relied on punched card tabulating machines for record keeping and it was a tedious task. Eckert and Mauchly decided to sell their first computer to the U.S. census bureau. They…

need were to have faster calculation, deciphering enemies code, and protection at home base; these were the goals needed to help win the war. With these goals in mind, the military and the geniuses would able to created the ENIAC for inputting faster calculation of the target’s range, the Colossus Mark for breaking the German’s code and ending the world quicker, and the S.A.G.E. a computer-controlled air defense of the U.S., protecting the people from the Soviet Union’s air strike. Among each…

John Mauchly pioneered the field of computer science and built the foundation for all modern computing with the creation of the world 's first fully functional digital computer, the ENIAC. The ENIAC, completed in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania, occupied 1800 square feet, weighed 30 tons, had 18000 vacuum tubes, and cost about $5,000,000 in modern dollars (ENIAC Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia). John Mauchly originally conceived the ENIAC as a tool for statistical weather…

In the 1950s, technology was slowly evolving and as it evolved so did the methods used in war and how Americans viewed the government and entertainment. Radar was one of the first advances to contribute to the war, then the development of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer that helped develop the fusion bomb. Next, the first satellite was sent to revolve around the Earth, but it was from the Soviet Union, which resulted in Americans drive to develop Explorer 1. It ultimately…

of women in the workforce continued in which women would alter their careers to fit their lifestyles such as working les hours or taking part time jobs (Blossfeld & Drobnič,2004). Although most of the jobs women took were either physical labor or clerical positions, women began to take more of an interest in the independence that jobs allowed outside of the home. In was not until the early 1940s were the first women seen in the STEM field of computer program when they were hired to program…

push the boundaries of electronics. From this point on, the computer started evolving. During the war, computers were needed mostly for two goals. One was for computation while the other is for code breaking. In 1942, the U.S Army commissioned the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania to create an electronic computer that has the ability to compute trajectory tables that help gunners aim their missile correctly to hit their appropriate target. Given this task…

Mauchly had commercial interests in computers that became evident in late March 1946 when they refused to sign a patent transfer agreement between them and the University of Pennsylvania. Eventually, it was decided that the EDVAC report was a publication in the sense that it was distributed to a large portion of the world already, and thus belonged to the public domain. The details of the legal battle are out of the scope of this paper. Meanwhile ENIAC become operable in November 1945, but too…

intended, there was still a need for advanced technology during the time of heavy warfare. Enter the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator), what was at the time “the most complex and largest electronic system built”(Miller 42) The ENIAC was built for 3 years at the University of Pennsylvania. “The project was carried out for the U.S. War Department and cost approximately $486,000, … The projects primary objective was to build a machine that would speed up the calculations for…